Macrobiotus hystricogenitus, Maucci, 1978

Guil, Noemí, Guidetti, Roberto & Machordom, Annie, 2007, Observations on the ‘‘ tenuis group’ ’ (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae) and description of a new Macrobiotus species, Journal of Natural History 41 (41 - 44), pp. 2741-2755 : 2752

Macrobiotus hystricogenitus

( Figure 4E ) Contrary to the description by Maucci (1978), the buccal armature comprises a posterior band of small teeth (due to the position of the buccal tube, it was not possible to detect the presence of transverse crests).

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Figure 4. Claws. (A) Macrobiotus ciprianoi (paratype; third claws); (B) M. willardi (paratype; first claws); (C) M. ariekammensis (second claws); (D) M. hyperonyx (paratype; second claws); (E) M. hystricogenitus (holotype; first claws); (F) M. caelicola (paratype; third claws); (G) M. higginsi (holotype; second claws). (H) M. tenuis (second claws); (I) M. mongolicus (holotype; second claws); (J) M. bondavallii (holotype; second claws). (A, B, D–J) Phase contrast microscopy; (C) differential interference contrast microscopy. Scale bars: 10 mm.