A new species of calohypsibius (Phylum Tardigrada, Eutardigrada) from Roan mountain, Tennessee-North Carolina, U.S.A

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 167-174

  Nelson, Diane R ^a   Mcglothlin, Karen L ^b  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calohypsibiidae; Calohypsibius schusteri; Eutardigrade; Morphology; Parachela; Systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EUTARDIGRADA; EUTARDIGRADES; HYPSIBIUS; PSEUDECHINISCUS; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 0030540592     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1996.tb02341.x     Document Type: Article

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