TY  - JOUR
A1  - Basu, Subhrangshu
A1  - Babu, Rahul
A1  - Siddique, Alfisa
A1  - Purushothaman, Jasmine
T1  - Integrative description of Paramacrobiotus bengalensis sp. nov. (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae), a new limno-terrestrial tardigrade species from the state of West Bengal, India
T2  - European journal of taxonomy
N2  - Paramacrobiotus bengalensis sp. nov. was discovered in a moss sample collected from a tree in West Bengal, India. We describe this new species using detailed morphological and morphometric data obtained from phase contrast microscopy and scanning electron microscopy, along with molecular and phylogenetic data analyses. Due to the presence of a cap-like structure at the distal portion of egg processes, the new species showed the highest similarity with Paramacrobiotus garynahi (Kaczmarek, Michalczyk & Diduszko, 2005), Paramacrobiotus alekseevi (Tumanov, 2005), Paramacrobiotus filipi Dudziak, Stec & Michalczyk, 2020, Paramacrobiotus sagani Daza, Caicedo, Lisi & Quiroga, 2017, Paramacrobiotus vanescens (Pilato, Binda & Catanzaro, 1991) and Paramacrobiotus gadabouti Kayastha, Stec, Mioduchowska & Kaczmarek, 2023. However, it can be differentiated from them by some morphological and morphometric characteristics. The genetic data corroborated our phenotypic outcome further supporting the new species hypothesis.
T3  - European journal of taxonomy  : EJT - 890:23-48 
KW  - Paramacrobiotus richtersi morphogroup
KW  - morphometry
KW  - new species
KW  - COI
KW  - 18S rRNA
Y1  - 2023
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/72210
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-722102
SN  - 2118-9773
VL  - 2023
IS  - 890
SP  - 23
EP  - 48
PB  - Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
CY  - Paris
ER  -