NECOPINATIDAE Ramazzotti & Maucci, 1983

Pilato, Giovanni & Binda, Maria Grazia, 2010, Definition of families, subfamilies, genera and subgenera of the Eutardigrada, and keys to their identification, Zootaxa 2404, pp. 1-54 : 45

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Pilato (1971a), when originally describing the genus Necopinatum , considered it incertae sedis but Ramazzotti and Maucci (1983) instituted for it the family Necopinatidae . Currently the genus Apodibius is also ascribed to this family. In our opinion the family is allied with the family Calohypsibiidae and it may be defined as follows: eutardigrades without cephalic papillae; legs short and bilobate; claws absent or in the form of small forceps ( Fig. 26 View FIGURE 26 A). Bucco-pharyngeal apparatus with rigid buccal tube with or without ventral lamina. When peribuccal structures are present, the sagittal plane passes between those structures. ( Fig. 26 View FIGURE 26 C).

References

Pilato, G. (1971 a) Necopinatum mirabile n. gen. n. sp., interessantissimo Eutardigrado incertae sedis. Bollettino delle sedute dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali, Catania, S. IV, X, 10, 861 - 867.

Ramazzotti, G. & Maucci, W. (1983) Il Phylum Tardigrada. Memorie dell'Istituto Italiano di Idrobiologia, Pallanza, 41, 1 - 1012.

Figures

FIGURE 26. Claws and bucco-pharyngeal apparatuses of Necopinatidae. A, claws of Necopinatum; B, C, buccopharyngeal apparatus of the Apodibius type (B, in lateral view; C, in ventral view); D, E, bucco-pharyngeal apparatus of the Necopinatum type (D, in lateral view; E, in ventral view). (A, from Pilato, 1971 a; B, from Binda, 1984). dtht = dorsal thickening of the buccal tube; sp = sagittal plane.