New records and within-species variability of Iberian tardigrades (Tardigrada), with comments on the species from the Echiniscus blumi-canadensis series
Author
Guil, Noemí
text
Zootaxa
2008
1757
1
30
journal article
49651
10.5281/zenodo.181845
29cad3d2-5685-4e65-9690-3604790334f6
1175-5326
181845
Diphascon (Adropion) prorsirostre
Thulin 1928
This was a rare species; the only specimen found had narrow buccal and pharyngeal tubes with no drop between them. Three rod-shaped macroplacoids but no microplacoid was within the pharyngeal bulb. Body length of the only specimen found was 528 μm, and it was in a LF sample (Table 3). The species has been cited in Europe, Asia,
America
and Oceania. In the Iberian Peninsula, it has been recorded for
Andorra
(
Maucci & Durante Pasa 1984
) and
Portugal
(
Maucci & Durante Pasa 1985
). It is the first record for
Spain
(
Table 2
).