A new species of Angursa (Tardigrada, Heterotardigrada, Styraconyxidae) found on an intertidal sandy beach in Kandalaksha Bay, White Sea, North Russia is described. The new species Angursa olenevskii sp. n. differs clearly from all other Angursa species in having equally long sense organs on legs I-III, long peduncles on the external digits extended to the claw, and evident absence of secondary and tertiary clavae (with possible exception of A. bicuspis).
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A new species of Angursa (Tardigrada, Heterotardigrada, Styraconyxidae) found on an intertidal sandy beach in Kandalaksha Bay, White Sea, North Russia is described. The new species Angursa olenevskii sp. n.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo date, only eight species of marine tardigrades have been recorded from the Southern Ocean. A total of 1210 tardigrade specimens were collected during various marine expeditions with R/V POLARSTERN: ANDEEP-1, ANDEEP-2, ANDEEP-3 and ANDEEP-SYSTCO. The sampled tardigrades belong to five families (Batillipedidae, Coronarctidae, Halechiniscidae, Styraconyxidae and Echiniscoididae), seven genera (Batillipes, Coronarctus, Moebjergarctus, Angursa, Styraconyx, Tholoarctus, Isoechiniscoides) and 15 species (Batillipes wyedeleinorum, Coronarctus dissimilis, Coronarctus tenellus, Coronarctus cf.
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