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New records of tardigrades from Colombia (Guatavita, Cundinamarca Department).
- Source :
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Turkish Journal of Zoology . 2015, Vol. 39 Issue 3, p412-420. 9p. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- The water bears (Tardigrada) from Colombia are rather poorly known; thus, the aim of this research was to study the composition of tardigrade fauna inhabiting epiphytic and rock mosses in a high Andean forest in Guatavita. A 25-m² plot was delimited and 6 randomly chosen trees with epiphytic mosses were sampled. Twelve samples of epiphytic mosses and 6 of rock mosses were collected and examined. A total of 277 specimens and 6 eggs of 8 tardigrade taxa were found in these samples. All taxa are new records for Guatavita and 5--Hypsibius dujardini (Doyère, 1840); Milnesium katarzynae Kaczmarek et al., 2004; Milnesium krzysztofi Kaczmarek & Michalczyk, 2007; Milnesium granulatum Ramazzotti 1962; and Paramacrobiotus danielae (Pilato et al., 2001)--are also new for Colombia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *TARDIGRADA
*BODY composition
*EPIPHYTES
*FORESTS & forestry
*ZOOLOGY
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13000179
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Turkish Journal of Zoology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 102613010
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1405-13