Leg and claw adaptations in soil tardigrades, with erection of two new genera of Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae: Pseudohexapodibius and Xerobiotus

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 299-304

  Bertolani, Roberto ^a   Biserov, Vladimir I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b PAPANIN INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGY OF INLAND WATERS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Pseudohexapodibius degenerans; Tardigrada; Xerobiotus pseudohufelandi; Xerobiotus xerophilus

Indexed keywords

EUTARDIGRADA; EUTARDIGRADES; HEXAPODIBIUS; MACROBIOTIDAE; MACROBIOTUS; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 0038877874     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3227019     Document Type: Article

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