Pseudechiniscus in Japan: re-description of Pseudechiniscus asper Abe et al., 1998 and description of Pseudechiniscus shintai sp. nov.
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Pseudechiniscus in Japan : re-description of Pseudechiniscus asper Abe et al., 1998 and description of Pseudechiniscus shintai sp. nov. / Voncina, Katarzyna; Kristensen, Reinhardt M.; Gąsiorek, Piotr.
I: Zoosystematics and Evolution, Bind 96, Nr. 2, 2020, s. 527-536.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Pseudechiniscus in Japan
T2 - re-description of Pseudechiniscus asper Abe et al., 1998 and description of Pseudechiniscus shintai sp. nov.
AU - Voncina, Katarzyna
AU - Kristensen, Reinhardt M.
AU - Gąsiorek, Piotr
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The classification and identification of species within the genus Pseudechiniscus Thulin, 1911 has been considered almost a Sisyphean work due to an extremely high homogeneity of its members. Only recently have several contributions made progress in the taxonomy feasible through their detailed analyses of morphology and, crucially, by the re-description of the ancient, nominal species P. suillus (Ehrenberg, 1853). Herein, we focus on the Japanese representatives of this genus: P. asper, a rare species originally described from Hokkaido, and a new species P. shintai. Both taxa belong to the widespread suillus-facettalis complex. Detailed descriptions entailing DNA barcoding of four markers and illustrations of the ventral pillar patterns are indispensable for an accurate delineation of species within this genus.
AB - The classification and identification of species within the genus Pseudechiniscus Thulin, 1911 has been considered almost a Sisyphean work due to an extremely high homogeneity of its members. Only recently have several contributions made progress in the taxonomy feasible through their detailed analyses of morphology and, crucially, by the re-description of the ancient, nominal species P. suillus (Ehrenberg, 1853). Herein, we focus on the Japanese representatives of this genus: P. asper, a rare species originally described from Hokkaido, and a new species P. shintai. Both taxa belong to the widespread suillus-facettalis complex. Detailed descriptions entailing DNA barcoding of four markers and illustrations of the ventral pillar patterns are indispensable for an accurate delineation of species within this genus.
KW - biodiversity
KW - Echiniscidae
KW - Heterotardigrada
KW - morphology
KW - sculpturing
KW - HETEROTARDIGRADA ECHINISCIDAE
KW - INTEGRATIVE DESCRIPTION
KW - TARDIGRADA HETEROTARDIGRADA
KW - TAXON
KW - DNA
KW - REDESCRIPTION
KW - EUTARDIGRADA
KW - MORPHOLOGY
KW - ECDYSOZOA
KW - DIVERSITY
U2 - 10.3897/zse.96.53324
DO - 10.3897/zse.96.53324
M3 - Journal article
VL - 96
SP - 527
EP - 536
JO - Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. Zoologisches Museum und Institut für Spezielle Zoologie (Berlin)
JF - Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. Zoologisches Museum und Institut für Spezielle Zoologie (Berlin)
SN - 0373-8493
IS - 2
ER -
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