FIGURE 1. Testechiniscus spitsbergensis spitsbergensis (Scourfield, 1897), habitus under PCM: A—adult female with short cirri (dorsal view, neotype); B—adult female with typically developed ventral plates (ventrolateral view, neoparatype); Cadult female with long cirri from Scotland (Echiniscus spinuloides sensu Murray 1907, dorsal view, the arrowhead indicates an aberrant cirrus in position Bd); D—adult female with weakly developed ventral plates; E—sexually immature female with welldeveloped ventral plates (neoparatype); F—sexually immature female (neoparatype, Roman numerals indicate rows of ventral plates); G—larva (dorsolateral view, neoparatype); H—larva (ventrolateral view, neoparatype). All but C–D from Spitsbergen. Scale bars in mi...
Genus: Cornechiniscus Maucci & Ramazzotti, 1981. Diagnosis (from Kristensen, 1987; amended): Echi...
Tardigrade fauna of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands has been extensively studied from the beginn...
FIGURE 2. Pseudopotamilla reniformis (Bruguiére, 1789), Neotype (NMW.Z.2001.042.0001). Anterior of n...
FIGURE 10. Testechiniscus laterculus (Schuster et al., 1980), paratype habitus under PCM: A—dorsal v...
FIGURE 7. Testechiniscus spitsbergensis tropicalis ssp. nov., paratype habitus under SEM (a female f...
FIGURE 12. Testechiniscus meridionalis (Murray, 1906), habitus under PCM: A—female, dorsal view (arr...
FIGURE 6. Testechiniscus spitsbergensis tropicalis ssp. nov., habitus under PCM: A—adult female (dor...
FIGURE 14. Sculpture types within the genus Testechiniscus sensu lato, scapular plates under PCM: A—...
FIGURE 8. Testechiniscus spitsbergensis tropicalis ssp. nov., body appendages under SEM: A—cirrus A ...
FIGURE 13. Testechiniscus macronyx (Richters, 1907), general habitus (from McInnes 1994a): A—dorsal ...
The family Echiniscidae comprises limno-terrestrial heterotardigrades with a strongly sclerotised do...
FIGURES 30–35. Interspecific appendage length variability in the spinulosus group (PCM): 30—Echinisc...
FIGURES 35–38. Echiniscus madonnae sp. nov. 35–36, second median plate (DIC and SEM, respectively), ...
FIGURES 21–24. Echiniscus madonnae sp. nov. — habitus (21–22 holotype, 23–24 paratype); 21, dorsola...
FIGURE 1. Pseudopotamilla reniformis (Bruguiére, 1789), Neotype (NMW.Z.2001.042.0001). A) Whole worm...
Genus: Cornechiniscus Maucci & Ramazzotti, 1981. Diagnosis (from Kristensen, 1987; amended): Echi...
Tardigrade fauna of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands has been extensively studied from the beginn...
FIGURE 2. Pseudopotamilla reniformis (Bruguiére, 1789), Neotype (NMW.Z.2001.042.0001). Anterior of n...
FIGURE 10. Testechiniscus laterculus (Schuster et al., 1980), paratype habitus under PCM: A—dorsal v...
FIGURE 7. Testechiniscus spitsbergensis tropicalis ssp. nov., paratype habitus under SEM (a female f...
FIGURE 12. Testechiniscus meridionalis (Murray, 1906), habitus under PCM: A—female, dorsal view (arr...
FIGURE 6. Testechiniscus spitsbergensis tropicalis ssp. nov., habitus under PCM: A—adult female (dor...
FIGURE 14. Sculpture types within the genus Testechiniscus sensu lato, scapular plates under PCM: A—...
FIGURE 8. Testechiniscus spitsbergensis tropicalis ssp. nov., body appendages under SEM: A—cirrus A ...
FIGURE 13. Testechiniscus macronyx (Richters, 1907), general habitus (from McInnes 1994a): A—dorsal ...
The family Echiniscidae comprises limno-terrestrial heterotardigrades with a strongly sclerotised do...
FIGURES 30–35. Interspecific appendage length variability in the spinulosus group (PCM): 30—Echinisc...
FIGURES 35–38. Echiniscus madonnae sp. nov. 35–36, second median plate (DIC and SEM, respectively), ...
FIGURES 21–24. Echiniscus madonnae sp. nov. — habitus (21–22 holotype, 23–24 paratype); 21, dorsola...
FIGURE 1. Pseudopotamilla reniformis (Bruguiére, 1789), Neotype (NMW.Z.2001.042.0001). A) Whole worm...
Genus: Cornechiniscus Maucci & Ramazzotti, 1981. Diagnosis (from Kristensen, 1987; amended): Echi...
Tardigrade fauna of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands has been extensively studied from the beginn...
FIGURE 2. Pseudopotamilla reniformis (Bruguiére, 1789), Neotype (NMW.Z.2001.042.0001). Anterior of n...