TY - JOUR
T1 - A new marine tardigrade genus and species (Arthrotardigrada, Styraconyxidae) with unique pockets on the legs
AU - Fujimoto, Shinta
AU - Jimi, Naoto
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like express our thanks to Mr. Koshin Yasu-mura, Dr. Yoshihisa Fujita of Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts and the staff of Sesoko Station, Tropical Biosphere Research Center, Ryukyu University for their help in collecting samples. Thanks also to Kuni of Organization for Research Promotion, Iwate University for technical assistance in SEM. The three reviewers, Drs Atsushi Suzuki, Jesper Guldberg Hansen and Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen are acknowledged for their helpful comments to improve the manuscript. The genus name was available, thanks to Ms. Brenda Bertin’s generous permission and the help of Mr. James Lowder of Cha-osium Inc. This study was supported by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for JSPS fellows (Grant No. 25987) and the Fujiwara Natural History Foundation to SF.
Funding Information:
We would like express our thanks to Mr. Koshin Yasumura, Dr. Yoshihisa Fujita of Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts and the staff of Sesoko Station, Tropical Biosphere Research Center, Ryukyu University for their help in collecting samples. Thanks also to Kuni of Organization for Research Promotion, Iwate University for technical assistance in SEM. The three reviewers, Drs Atsushi Suzuki, Jesper Guldberg Hansen and Reinhardt M?bjerg Kristensen are acknowledged for their helpful comments to improve the manuscript. The genus name was available, thanks to Ms. Brenda Bertin's generous permission and the help of Mr. James Lowder of Chaosium Inc. This study was supported by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for JSPS fellows (Grant No. 25987) and the Fujiwara Natural History Foundation to SF.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Shinta Fujimoto, Naoto Jimi.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - A marine heterotardigrade Cyaegharctus kitamurai gen. et sp. nov. (Arthrotardigrada, Styraconyxidae) is described from Daidokutsu, a submarine cave off Iejima island, Okinawa Islands, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. It is easily distinguished from all other styraconyxids by its pocket organs (putative sensory structures) on all legs in addition to the usual leg sensory organs. Its combination of other character states, such as the dorso-ventrally flattened body, ovoid primary clavae, conical secondary clavae, large terminal anus, internal digits with proximal pads and peduncles, external digits with developed peduncles and all digits with three-pointed claws in adult female, supports the erection of a new genus and species.
AB - A marine heterotardigrade Cyaegharctus kitamurai gen. et sp. nov. (Arthrotardigrada, Styraconyxidae) is described from Daidokutsu, a submarine cave off Iejima island, Okinawa Islands, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. It is easily distinguished from all other styraconyxids by its pocket organs (putative sensory structures) on all legs in addition to the usual leg sensory organs. Its combination of other character states, such as the dorso-ventrally flattened body, ovoid primary clavae, conical secondary clavae, large terminal anus, internal digits with proximal pads and peduncles, external digits with developed peduncles and all digits with three-pointed claws in adult female, supports the erection of a new genus and species.
KW - Meiofauna
KW - Pacific ocean
KW - Sensory organs
KW - Submarine cave
KW - Tardigrada
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U2 - 10.3897/ZSE.96.49676
DO - 10.3897/ZSE.96.49676
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85085540935
SN - 0373-8493
VL - 96
SP - 115
EP - 122
JO - Mitteilungen aus dem Museum fur Naturkunde in Berlin - Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift
JF - Mitteilungen aus dem Museum fur Naturkunde in Berlin - Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift
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