New Zealand Journal of Zoology abstracts
Itaquascon unguiculum and Itaquascon cambewarrense: two new species of eutardigrades from Australia
Giovanni Pilato
Maria Grazia Binda
Dipartimento di Biologia Animale
dell’Università di Catania
Via Androne 81
95124 Catania, Italy
Sandra Claxton
Division of Environmental and Life Sciences
School of Biological Science
Macquarie University
Ryde, NSW, 2570, Australia
Abstract Two new species of eutardigrade, Itaquascon unguiculum and Itaquascon cambewarrense, are described from Australia. Itaquascon unguiculum differs from the other species of the genus by having small claws with respect to the body size, and in other quantitative characters. Itaquascon cambewarrense is characterised by stylet furcae which are triangular in shape, with apices thickened but not prolonged to form postero-lateral processes.
Keywords Australian fauna; Tardigrada; Itaquascon unguiculum sp. n.; Itaquascon cambewarrense sp. n.
Z01023 Received 21 June 2001; accepted 8 January 2002
New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 2002, Vol. 29: 87–93
0301–4223/02/2902–0087 $7.00/0 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2002
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