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12 October 2021 Tardigrades of North America: Platicrista brunsoni nov. sp. (Parachela, Hypsibiidae, Itaquasconinae) from the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area of Montana
William R. Miller, Jeffrey D. Miller
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Abstract

Eighty-three samples of moss and/or lichen were collected during a horse-packing trip into the southern half of Montana's Bob Marshall Wilderness Area in 2012. Tardigrades representing five families, ten genera, and eleven species were recovered from the samples. Two are new to Montana, and one is new to science. Raising the Montana tardigrade biodiversity to 23. The new species Platicrista brunsoni nov. sp. is distinguished by having a tubercated dorsal/lateral cuticle, a unique buccal tube to pharyngeal tube ratio, a serrated base on the claws of the fourth legs, a cuticular bar at the base of the inner claws on legs II and III, prominent stylet supports, and two thin macroplacoids, the first half the length of the second in the elongated pharynx. In addition, specimens of the monospecific genus Multipseudechiniscus were recovered.

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William R. Miller and Jeffrey D. Miller "Tardigrades of North America: Platicrista brunsoni nov. sp. (Parachela, Hypsibiidae, Itaquasconinae) from the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area of Montana," Northwest Science 95(1), 98-105, (12 October 2021). https://doi.org/10.3955/046.095.0106
Received: 1 October 2015; Accepted: 23 October 2020; Published: 12 October 2021
KEYWORDS
Montana
Platicrista brunsoni nov. sp
Tardigrada
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