Chaetonotus (Chaetonotus) cf. similis

Schwank, Peter & Kånneby, Tobias, 2014, Contribution to the freshwater gastrotrich fauna of wetland areas of southwestern Ontario (Canada) with redescriptions of seven species and a check-list for North America, Zootaxa 3811 (4), pp. 463-490 : 479

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3811.4.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6135587
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scientific name	Chaetonotus (Chaetonotus) cf. similis
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Chaetonotus (Chaetonotus) cf. similis View in CoL (sp. C2) Zelinka, 1889

Localities. A pond near Erbsville, Waterloo district.

Material. 1 specimen.

This species seems to be closely related to Chaetonotus (Chaetonotus) similis Zelinka, 1889 . The spines are much thinner than in C. (C.) similis and the accessory points of the spines are very hard to observe. The head and neck spines are very short. They only gradually increase in length from anterior to posterior. The average number of spines is higher than in C. (C.) similis .