Three species of Macrobiotus (M. gildae, M. polygonatus and M. eugranulatus) were re-examined. Based on their synapomorphies with Calcarobiotus, they are ascribed to that genus. Within Calcarobiouts two phyletic lines are detected on the basis of the claw morphology. Therefore a new subgenus is erected: Calcarobiotus (Discrepunguis) subgen. n. constituted by C. (D.) polygonatus comb. n., and C. (D.) eugranulatus comb. n.; the subgenus Calcarobiotus (Calcarobiotus) includes C (C) filmeri, C. (C) occultus, C. (C.) imperialis and C. (C.) gildae comb. n.
An evolutionary line of the Macrobiotinae (Tardigrada, Macrobiotidae): Calcarobiotus and related species / Guidetti, Roberto; Bertolani, Roberto. - In: THE ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY. - ISSN 1125-0003. - STAMPA. - 68:3(2001), pp. 229-233. [10.1080/11250000109356413]
An evolutionary line of the Macrobiotinae (Tardigrada, Macrobiotidae): Calcarobiotus and related species
GUIDETTI, Roberto;BERTOLANI, Roberto
2001
Abstract
Three species of Macrobiotus (M. gildae, M. polygonatus and M. eugranulatus) were re-examined. Based on their synapomorphies with Calcarobiotus, they are ascribed to that genus. Within Calcarobiouts two phyletic lines are detected on the basis of the claw morphology. Therefore a new subgenus is erected: Calcarobiotus (Discrepunguis) subgen. n. constituted by C. (D.) polygonatus comb. n., and C. (D.) eugranulatus comb. n.; the subgenus Calcarobiotus (Calcarobiotus) includes C (C) filmeri, C. (C) occultus, C. (C.) imperialis and C. (C.) gildae comb. n.
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