DORYPHORIBIUS-KOREANUS, A NEW SPECIES OF TARDIGRADA FROM KOREA

Authors
MOON SY KIM W BERTOLANI R
Citation
Sy. Moon et al., DORYPHORIBIUS-KOREANUS, A NEW SPECIES OF TARDIGRADA FROM KOREA, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 107(3), 1994, pp. 514-516
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
0006324X
Volume
107
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
514 - 516
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-324X(1994)107:3<514:DANSOT>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Doryphoribius koreanus, a new tradigrade species collected from terres trial mosses and freshwater habitats in Korea, is described. The prese nt new species mainly differs from the other species of the genus Dory horibius in the following characteristics: smooth cuticle, two macropl acoids, presence of lunules only in the internal or anterior claws of legs, and very reduced buccal armature.