The morphological and molecular analyses of a new South American urban tardigrade offer new insights on the biological meaning of the Macrobiotus hufelandi group of species (Tardigrada: Macrobiotidae)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 47, Issue 37-38, 2013, Pages 2409-2426

  Guidetti, Roberto ^a   Peluffo, Julio Ricardo ^b   Rocha, Alejandra Mariana ^b   Cesari, Michele ^a   de Peluffo, María Cristina Moly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

DNA barcoding; Eutardigrada; Macrobiotus kristenseni sp. nov.; phylogeny

Indexed keywords

DNA; EGG; FAUNA; GENE FLOW; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EUTARDIGRADA; MACROBIOTIDAE; MACROBIOTUS; MACROBIOTUS HUFELANDI; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 84888005814     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2013.800610     Document Type: Article

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