Published January 1, 2018
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Description of Megastygarctides sezginii sp nov (Tardigrada: Arthrotardigrada: Stygarctidae) from the Turkish Black Sea coast and a key to the genus Megastygarctides
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- 1. Sinop Univ, Sci & Technol Res & Applicat Ctr, Sinop, Turkey
- 2. Adam Mickiewicz Univ, Dept Avian Biol & Ecol, Poznan, Poland
- 3. Adam Mickiewicz Univ, Dept Anim Taxon & Ecol, Poznan, Poland
- 4. Natl Res Inst, Inst Plant Protect, Poznan, Poland
- 5. Univ Copenhagen, Sect Biosystemat, Zool Museum, Nat Hist Museum Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Description
In this paper, Megastygarctides sezginii sp. nov., a new marine species fromthe Black Sea (Turkey), is described. Morphological and morphometric studies have revealed that M. sezginii sp. nov. is most similar to M. setoloso Morgan & O'Reilly, 1988, but differs from it through the presence of two types of fibrils, a lack of cuticle granulation, the presence of three lateral projections with fibrils, leg fibrils arranged in transverse stripes and the presence of clumps of fibrils near the clavae. In the studied environment, the new species is frequently found in summer and almost absent in winter. Additionally, a taxonomic key for all Megastygarctides species is presented.
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