An integrative description of Mesobiotus ethiopicus sp. nov. (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Parachela: Macrobiotidae: harmsworthi group) from the northern Afrotropic region
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An integrative description of Mesobiotus ethiopicus sp. nov. (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Parachela: Macrobiotidae: harmsworthi group) from the northern Afrotropic region. / Stec, Daniel; Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg.
In: Turkish Journal of Zoology, Vol. 41, No. 5, 2017, p. 800-811.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - An integrative description of Mesobiotus ethiopicus sp. nov. (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Parachela: Macrobiotidae: harmsworthi group) from the northern Afrotropic region
AU - Stec, Daniel
AU - Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - A new species of the Mesobiotus harmsworthi group is described from Ethiopia. An integrative taxonomy approach was applied by combining morphological and morphometric analyses—imaging under phase contrast and scanning electron microscopy with molecular analysis (18S rRNA, 28S rRNA and COI markers)—to cross-verify the status of the population as a new species. The specimens of Mesobiotus ethiopicus sp. nov. are most similar to two taxa of the harmsworthi complex: M. harmsworthi obscurus (Dastych, 1985) and M. peterseni (Maucci, 1991). Nevertheless, the new species can be easily distinguished from the first of these taxa by the absence of additional teeth in the oral cavity and by a different accessory point morphology on the claws, and it can be distinguished from the second species mostly by a completely different egg process anatomy. Mesobiotus ethiopicus sp. nov. is only the second tardigrade species formally described as new for science from Ethiopia so far.
AB - A new species of the Mesobiotus harmsworthi group is described from Ethiopia. An integrative taxonomy approach was applied by combining morphological and morphometric analyses—imaging under phase contrast and scanning electron microscopy with molecular analysis (18S rRNA, 28S rRNA and COI markers)—to cross-verify the status of the population as a new species. The specimens of Mesobiotus ethiopicus sp. nov. are most similar to two taxa of the harmsworthi complex: M. harmsworthi obscurus (Dastych, 1985) and M. peterseni (Maucci, 1991). Nevertheless, the new species can be easily distinguished from the first of these taxa by the absence of additional teeth in the oral cavity and by a different accessory point morphology on the claws, and it can be distinguished from the second species mostly by a completely different egg process anatomy. Mesobiotus ethiopicus sp. nov. is only the second tardigrade species formally described as new for science from Ethiopia so far.
KW - 18S rRNA
KW - 28S rRNA
KW - Africa
KW - COI
KW - Ethiopia
KW - Integrative taxonomy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85030257111&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3906/zoo-1701-47
DO - 10.3906/zoo-1701-47
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85030257111
VL - 41
SP - 800
EP - 811
JO - Turkish Journal of Zoology
JF - Turkish Journal of Zoology
SN - 1300-0179
IS - 5
ER -
ID: 185475805