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Rubal, M.; Veiga, P.; Fontoura, P.; Sousa-Pinto, I. (2016). A new Batillipes (Tardigrada, Heterotardigrada, Batillipedidae) from North Portugal (Atlantic Ocean). Marine Biodiversity.
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Rubal, M.; Veiga, P.; Fontoura, P.; Sousa-Pinto, I.
2016
A new Batillipes (Tardigrada, Heterotardigrada, Batillipedidae) from North Portugal (Atlantic Ocean)
Marine Biodiversity
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The knowledge of marine tardigrades in the Iberian
Peninsula is very scarce in comparison with those from limnoterrestrial
environments. As part of an effort to improve the
knowledge of marine tardigrades in the Iberian Peninsula, a
new species of marine tardigrade, Batillipes minius sp. nov., is
described from shallow subtidal coarse sand collected at
Moledo, Northern Portugal, close to the mouth of the Minho
river. The new species differs from all other Batillipes species
by its combination of toe pattern, dorsal and ventral lateral
projections, caudal apparatus, cuticle segmentation and the
presence of a dorsal indentation in its head. This new species
was found in well-oxygenated, shallow subtidal, mediumcoarse
sand with low organic matter content.
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Batillipes minius Rubal, Veiga, Fontoura & Sousa-Pinto, 2016 (original description)
Holotype C-VII.37, identified as Batillipes minius Rubal, Veiga, Fontoura & Sousa-Pinto, 2016