Remarks on tardigrades from the Seychelles, with a description of two new species

Abstract

Nine species of tardigrades are recorded; two of them, Echiniscus tropicalis and Minibiotus decrescens, are new to science. Macrobiotus peteri Pilato et al. 1989 has been found in Australia and Indonesia only. Echiniscus tropicalis has plate sculpture similar to that of E. spinulosus (Doyère 1840) but less regular. Lateral appendages are short filaments A and short spines B, C, D, E; dorsal appendages are short spines Cd and Dd. Minibiotus decrescens has fine, scattered, cuticular dots; the pharyngeal bulb has three granular macroplacoids, decreasing in length; microplacoid absent. © 1994 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.