Two New Species of Tardigrades From Short Mountain, Tennessee, U.S.A
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1996
Description
Tardigrades were collected from three seepage spring sites at 549m on Short Mountain, Cannon County, Tennessee. Three terrestrial samples and three aquatic samples were taken monthly from each site. Terrestrial samples included mosses and lichens from rocks and fallen trees; one sample of leaf litter was also collected from two of the sites. Aquatic samples included sediment, decaying leaf litter, and aquatic plants. Specimens of tardigrades were mounted on individual slides in Hoyer's medium. Species were identified and photographed using phase and differential contrast microscopy. Twenty-eight species representing 13 genera were recorded: Pseudechiniscus, Echiniscus, Doryphoribius, Ramazzottius, Hypsibius, Isohypsibius, Diphascon, Platicrista, Itaquascon, Murrayon, Macrobiotus, Minibiotus, and Milnesium. One of the Pseudechiniscus species and an Isohypsibius species were new to science and are described in this paper.
Citation Information
Kendall-Fite, Karen; and Nelson, Diane R.. 1996. Two New Species of Tardigrades From Short Mountain, Tennessee, U.S.A. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Vol.116(1-2). 205-214. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1996.tb02344.x ISSN: 0024-4082