A New Species of the Genus Crenubiotus (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Adorybiotidae) from Salt Spring Island, Strait of Georgia, British Columbia (Canada)
Vecchi, M., Choong, H., & Calhim, S. (2022). A New Species of the Genus Crenubiotus (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Adorybiotidae) from Salt Spring Island, Strait of Georgia, British Columbia (Canada). Folia Biologica, 70(3), 93-105. https://doi.org/10.3409/fb_70-3.11
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Currently, the recently erected genus Crenubiotus (Adorybiotidae, Macrobiotoidea) includes only three species, all of which are characterised by dentate lunulae and cuticular tubercules organised in the band in the dorso-caudal part of the body. By means of integrative taxonomy, we describe a fourth species of the genus: Crenubiotus salishani sp. nov., from Salt Spring Island in British Columbia, Canada. The new species has been found in the moss growing on rock and differs from the other species in the genus due to the presence of a median anterior mucrone in the third band of the oral cavity armature (OCA) and by the presence of evident thickenings on the eggshell connecting the neighbouring processes. This finding highlights the importance of continuing to study tardigrade biodiversity, even in already explored areas, and how an integrative approach is fundamental to achieving a reliable measure of biodiversity.
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We are grateful to BC Parks for providing funding to the Invertebrate Zoology and Entomology Sections of the Royal BC Museum in order to carry out biodiversity surveys in British Columbia’s provincial parks on Vancouver Island, to Joel GIBSON for fieldwork partnership and discussions, as well as to the Hakai Institute, Tula Foundation, and Eric PETERSON and Christina MUNCK for making the research on Calvert Island possible. We also wish to thank Gustav PAULAY (University of Florida), Matt LEMAY (Hakai) and Matt WHALEN (UBC-Hakai) for facilitating the collecting opportunities, Gillian SADLIER-BROWN (Hakai) for collecting part of the samples used in this study, and Hugh MACINTOSH (Royal BC Museum) for his assistance with the processing of the field samples. Our thanks are extended to Dr Genevieve HILL, Acting Curator, BC Archaeology Collections, Royal BC Museum for her advice and guidance on the Indigenous cultures of BC’s Southern Gulf Islands. We are also grateful to Daniel STEC (Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences) for acquiring the new species microphotographs and to Edoardo MASSA (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia) for aiding with the confocal microscopy 3D reconstruction of the egg. The study was supported by the Academy of Finland Fellowships to S.C. (#314219 and #335759). ...License
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