Wingstrandarctus corallinus Kristensen, 1984

Pérez-Pech, Wilbert Andrés, Jesús-Navarrate, Alberto De, Demilio, Erica, Anguas-Escalante, Abril & Hansen, Jesper Guldberg, 2020, Marine Tardigrada from the Mexican Caribbean with the description of Styraconyx robertoi sp. nov. (Arthrotardigrada: Styraconyxidae), Zootaxa 4731 (4), pp. 492-508 : 497

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4731.4.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3664931
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scientific name	Wingstrandarctus corallinus Kristensen, 1984
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3 specimens ( PM: 2 female, 1 male)

Comparative material: 1 specimen reported as Wingstrandarctus by Pérez-Pech et al. (2018) ( ML: 1 female)

Remarks: Analysis of all three collected specimens and a re-examination of the single Wingstrandarctus of Pérez- Pech et al. (2018) determined that all four individuals represent the species W. corallinus . The set of characters that define the species as determined by Kristensen (1984) are evident including: the presence of cephalic bacterial vesicles, a small, almost circular caudal ala, dorsal mammilliform cuticular sculpture, and the specific shape of the lateral alae.

References

Perez-Pech, W. A., Anguas-Escalante A., de Jesus-Navarrete A. & Hansen J. G. (2018) Primer registro generico de tardigrados marinos en costas de Quintana Roo, Mexico. Academia Journals, 4 (10), 1909 - 1912.