Dactylobiotus luci, anew freshwater tardigrade (Eutardigrada: macrobiotidae) from the Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda

African Zoology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 150-155

  Kaczmarek, Łukasz ^a   Michalczyk, Łukask ^b   Eggermont, Hilde ^c  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alpine pool; Dactylobiotus dervizi; Dactylobiotus luci sp. nov.; Rwenzori; Tardigrada; Uganda

Indexed keywords

EGG; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; MORPHOMETRY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES;

AFRICA; RWENZORI MOUNTAINS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CAREX; DACTYLOBIOTUS; EUTARDIGRADA; MACROBIOTIDAE; SPHAGNUM; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 58449124941     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3377/1562-7020-43.2.150     Document Type: Article

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