Milnesiidae

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 : 47

Key to the genera of Milnesiidae

1 Bucco-pharyngeal apparatus with rigid tube ( Fig. 5 B,C)............................................................................................. 2

- Bucco-pharyngeal apparatus subdivided into a short anterior buccal tube and a flexible posterior pharyngeal tube with spiral thickening ( Fig. 5 D,E) .............................................................................................................. Limmenius

2 Buccal tube long; mouth at anterior of a protrusible snout ( Fig. 5 C)........................................................ Milnesioides

- Buccal tube shorter; snout absent ( Fig. 5 B) ................................................................................................. Milnesium

Figures

FIGURE 5. Claws and bucco-pharyngeal apparatuses of Milnesiidae. A, claws; B, bucco-pharyngeal apparatus of Milnesium; C, Milnesioides; D, E, Limmenius. (B, from Binda & Pilato, 1990). ap = accessory points; bsp = basal spur; bth = basal thickening; ce pa = cephalic papilla; pb = primary branch; pl = peribuccal lamella; sb = secondary branch; sp = spur. Definitions of families, subfamilies, genera and subgenera