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1 June 2012 Tardigrades of North America: Archechiniscus biscaynei, nov. sp. (Arthrotardigrada: Archechiniscidae), a Marine Tardigrade from Biscayne National Park, Florida
William R. Miller, Tiffany Clark, Cullen Miller
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Abstract

During the 2010 National Park Service BioBlitz at Biscayne National Park, Homestead, FL, barnacles were collected from a submerged mangrove log near the Park headquarters. From the washings of the crushed barnacles, Archechiniscus biscaynei nov. sp. was extracted. This new species can be distinguished by its lack of a median cirrus, its large peduncles at the base of the external claws, the rounded cephalic clava between the internal and external cephalic cirri, a club-shaped papilla above the base of leg IV, and bulbous papilla just above the claws on the anterior of legs I, II, and III. A table of comparison of characteristics among the four known species and a key to their identification are provided.

William R. Miller, Tiffany Clark, and Cullen Miller "Tardigrades of North America: Archechiniscus biscaynei, nov. sp. (Arthrotardigrada: Archechiniscidae), a Marine Tardigrade from Biscayne National Park, Florida," Southeastern Naturalist 11(2), 279-286, (1 June 2012). https://doi.org/10.1656/058.011.0209
Published: 1 June 2012
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