Meplitumen aluna

Meplitumen aluna

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hypsibioidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Tardigrada Classis: Eutardigrada Ordo: Parachela Superfamilia: Hypsibioidea

Familia: Hypsibiidae
Subfamilia: Itaquasconinae
Genus: Meplitumen
Species: Meplitumen aluna

Name

Meplitumen aluna Lisi et al., 2019

Holotype: CBUMAG:TAR, slide No. 00462 [CBUMAG: Centro de Colecciones Biológicas de la Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia]

Type locality: San Lorenzo, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia.

Paratypes:

• 5 and two exuviae; CBUMAG:TAR slides Nos. 00460, 00461, 00476, 00477
• 1; CBUMAG:TAR slide No. 00545

ZooBank: C96630F3-7A49-479E-8B14-5C00788CC0AD

References

Primary references

• Lisi, O., Daza, A., Londoño, R., Quiroga, S. & Pilato, G. 2019. Meplitumen aluna gen. nov., sp. nov. an interesting eutardigrade (Hypsibiidae, Itaquasconinae) from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. ZooKeys, 865: 1–20. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.865.30705 Reference page. 

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Meplitumen aluna – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Meplitumen aluna.
• ION
• Species-ID