Diphascon (Diphascon) pingue ( Marcus, 1936 )

Fontoura, Paulo, Pilato, Giovanni, Lisi, Oscar & Morais, Paulo, 2009, Tardigrades from Portugal: four new records and description of two new species, Zootaxa 2030, pp. 21-38 : 32

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.186243
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5631703
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FF732D5B-8905-2C39-48E3-FCDC038BD1DE
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scientific name	Diphascon (Diphascon) pingue ( Marcus, 1936 )
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Diphascon (Diphascon) pingue ( Marcus, 1936) View in CoL

Material examined: Eight specimens collected from moss samples at Amarante (one specimen) and at Parque Biológico (Avintes, Vila Nova de Gaia) (seven specimens). All the specimens mounted in Hoyer’s medium.

Body length 133.7–203.4 µm.

Distribution: Very common species widely distributed in the whole world ( McInnes, 1994), it may be considered cosmopolitan.