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1 June 2016 Macrobiotus naskreckii sp. nov., a New Tardigrade (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) of the Hufelandi Group from Mozambique
Marek Bąkowski, Milena Roszkowska, Magdalena Gawlak, Łukasz Kaczmarek
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Abstract

In this paper, Macrobiotus naskreckii sp. nov., a new species of the hufelandi group from the Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique, is described. The analysis have revealed that M. naskreckii sp. nov. is most similar to M. kristenseni, M. ramoli and M. serratus. The new species differs from M. kristenseni mainly through a different shape of egg processes and clearly dentate lunules IV; from M. ramoli mainly by smaller eggs and a smaller number of egg processes on the circumference; from M. serratus mainly by the absence of the reticulation between the egg processes. This is a third record of tardigrades from Mozambique and apart of the new species reported here, three other taxa from Gorongosa National Park are provided: Minibiotus cf. intermedius, Minibiotus sp. and Paramacrobiotus cf. richtersi.

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Marek Bąkowski, Milena Roszkowska, Magdalena Gawlak, and Łukasz Kaczmarek "Macrobiotus naskreckii sp. nov., a New Tardigrade (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) of the Hufelandi Group from Mozambique," Annales Zoologici 66(2), 155-164, (1 June 2016). https://doi.org/10.3161/00034541ANZ2016.66.2.001
Received: 10 January 2016; Accepted: 1 April 2016; Published: 1 June 2016
KEYWORDS
Africa
Gorongosa National Park
new species
Tardigrada
taxonomy
water bears
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