Four Freshwater Eutardigades from Korea with Description of Isohypsibius brevitubulatus n. SP.

  • Rho, Hyun-Soo (Department of Biology, Coollege of Natural Sciences, Taegu University) ;
  • Moon, Seung-Yeo (Station Biologique) ;
  • Chang, Cheon-Young (Department of Biology, Coollege of Natural Sciences, Taegu University) ;
  • Kim, Won (Department of Molecular Biology, Seoul National University)
  • Published : 1997.06.01

Abstract

As a result of examining the specimens collected from various freshwater bodies since 1995, four eutardigrades are added to Korean fauna: lsohypsibius brevitubulatus n. sp., I. baldii (Ramazzotti), I. marcellinoi (Binda and Pilato), and Diphascon (Diphascon) higginsi Binda. I. brevitubulatus n. sp. differs from its congeners by having a combination of the following characteristics: smooth cuticle, rather big body size, short and broad buccal tube, presence of lunules, and pharynx bearing 3 rod-like macroplacoids without microplacoid. All the species are illustrated and briefly commented on their habitats with the associated fauna.

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