An exceptional event during the moulting process of an eutardigrade: two bucco-pharyngeal apparatuses present.

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Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Section of Animal Biology. Via Androne 81, 95124, Catania, Italy; Email: unknown.

Published: May 2014

A specimen of Diphascon (Diphascon) procerum with two bucco-pharyngeal apparatuses (one of which should have been expelled during moulting process) is described, and that anomalous condition is discussed.

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