Tardigrada Register • Milnesium berladnicorum Ciobanu Zawierucha, Moglan & Kaczmarek, 2014

Milnesium berladnicorum Ciobanu Zawierucha, Moglan & Kaczmarek, 2014

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Names
Description
Images
Morphometry
Molecular data
Distribution
Sources

1. Former names and synonyms

None.

2. Description

Population	Description	Source	Contributor
Type series	Habitus Body brownish, with eyes. Cuticle Cuticle cuticle covered with numerous tiny, shallow and rounded depressions (pseudopores). Under PCM pseudopores are visible as light spots with blurry edges. Two cephalic papillae positioned laterally. Buccal apparatus Six peribuccal papillae (ventral papilla smallest) and six peribuccal lamellae (of equal size) around the mouth opening. Buccal tube funnel-shaped, wider anteriorly (on average the posterior diameter is 73% of the anterior diameter). Pharyngeal bulb elongated, pear-shaped and without placoids or septulum. Legs and claws Claws of the Milnesium type, slender. Primary branches on all legs with small accessory points on the top of the branch. Secondary claws of all legs with rounded basal thickenings (lunules) (sometimes barely visible). Claw configuration: [2-3]-[2-2]. Single, long transverse, cuticular bars under claws I–III present. Eggs Oval, smooth, deposited in exuvia. Remarks None.	Ciobanu et al. (2014)	Ł. Kaczmarek

3. Images

Population	Habitus	Cuticle	Buccal apparatus	Claws	Eggs	Contributor
Type series	[holotype\|ventral view.1a\|×20\|PCM] [holotype\|lventral view.1b\|×20\|PCM]	[holotype\|dorso-caudal cuticle.1\|×100\|PCM] [paratype\|dorso-caudal cuticle.2\|×100\|PCM]	[holotype\|ventral view.1\|×40\|PCM]	[paratype\|claws I.3a\|×40\|PCM] [paratype\|claws I.3b\|×40\|PCM] [paratype\|claws I.3c\|×40\|PCM] [paratype\|claws IV.3a\|×40\|PCM] [paratype\|claws IV.3b\|×40\|PCM] [paratype\|claws IV.3c\|×40\|PCM]	?	Ł. Kaczmarek

4. Morphometry

Population	Data	Source	Contributor
Type series	[15♀]	Ciobanu et al. (2014)	Ł. Kaczmarek

5. Molecular data

Population	Sequence	GenBank	Source	Contributor
Type series	18S 28S ITS2 COI	KT951660 KT951661 KT951662 KT951659	Morek et al. (2016)	W. Morek

6. Distribution

Sample	Coordinates	Altitude	Location name	Substrate	Collection date	Source	Contributor
Romania.0 (locus typicus)	46°14'44''N 27°40'16''E	99 m asl	Romania, Vaslui County, Bârlad town, coppice	lichen from tree	07.2013	Ciobanu et al. (2014)	Ł. Kaczmarek

7. Sources

Ciobanu, D.A., Zawierucha, K., Moglan, I. & Kaczmarek, Ł. (2014) Milnesium berladnicorum sp. n. (Eutardigrada, Apochela, Milnesiidae), a new species of water bear from Romania. ZooKeys, 429: 1-11.

Morek, W., Gąsiorek, P., Stec, D., Blagden, B. & Michalczyk, Ł. (2016) Experimental taxonomy exposes ontogenetic variability and elucidates the taxonomic value of claw configuration in Milnesium Doyère, 1840 (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Apochela). Contributions to Zoology, 85(2): 173-200.