Echiniscoides wyethi, a new marine tardigrade from Maine, U.S.A. (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscoidea: Echiniscoididae)

Emma S. Perry; William R. Miller

doi:10.2988/0006-324X-128.1.103

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Emma S. Perry,^1,* William R. Miller²

¹(ESP) Department for Biodiversity, Unity College of Maine, Unity, Maine 04988, e-mail: eperry@u
²(WRM) Department of Biology, Baker University, Baldwin City, Kansas 66006

^*Corresponding author.

Abstract

A new species of tardigrade in the family Echiniscoididae, Echiniscoides wyethi, was found on the barnacle Semibalanus balanoides (L.) at several intertidal sites around Allen Island, Maine, USA. The new species is named after the American artist Andrew Wyeth and the Wyeth family who own the island on which this species was discovered. The new species is separated from all other Echiniscoides by the smooth cuticle, long flexible buccal tube, and the number of claws on the legs of the adult.

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Emma S. Perry and William R. Miller "Echiniscoides wyethi, a new marine tardigrade from Maine, U.S.A. (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscoidea: Echiniscoididae)," Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 128(1), 103-110, (1 April 2015). https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-128.1.103

Published: 1 April 2015