Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Seventeen species of Tardigrada were found in submerged mosses of 17 freshwater bodies from the SE part of the island of Hopen (Svalbard). Fourteen species are new records for Hopen; Pseudechiniscus islandicus was not previously reported from Svalbard. The most frequently and numerously encountered species were Isohypsibius granulifer, Hypsibius dujardini, Dactylobiotus dispar, Macrobiotus dianeae and Amphibolus weglarskae.
Source: Fauna norvegica
Authors: Els A. Van Rompu, Willem H. De Smet
Institution: University of Antwerp
Language: English
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4403548937