Observations on the "tenuis group" (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae) and description of a new Macrobiotus species

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 41, Issue 41-44, 2007, Pages 2741-2755

  Guil, Noemí ^a,b   Guidetti, Roberto ^c   Machordom, Annie ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eutardigrada; Iberian Peninsula; Macrobiotus ciprianoi n. sp.; Sierra de Guadarrama; Tenuis group

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; HETEROGENEITY; LEAF LITTER; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; TAXONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SIERRA DE GUADARRAMA; SISTEMA CENTRAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BRYOPHYTA; EUTARDIGRADA; MACROBIOTIDAE; MACROBIOTUS;

EID: 38849147139     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930701742637     Document Type: Article

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