WoRMS taxon details
Limnognathia maerski Kristensen & Funch, 2000
1335354 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1335354)
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Kristensen, R. M.; Funch, P. (2000). Micrognathozoa: A new class with complicated jaws like those of Rotifera and Gnathostomulida. <em>Journal of Morphology.</em> 246(1): 1-49., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-4687(200010)246:1<1::aid-jmor1>3.0.co;2-d [details] Available for editors 
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Note The type material was extracted from living...
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Type material The type material was extracted from living water mosses from the cold Isunngua spring (69°43.799’N, 51°56.549’W), located at the eastern corner of Disko Island, West Greenland [details]
Etymology To honor Maersk McKinney Møller, who sponsored the new research vessel Porsild for the Arctic Station. The new animal was...
Etymology To honor Maersk McKinney Møller, who sponsored the new research vessel Porsild for the Arctic Station. The new animal was discovered during the maiden trip with the new research vessel in 1994. [details]
WoRMS (2024). Limnognathia maerski Kristensen & Funch, 2000. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1335354 on 2024-10-18
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Kristensen, R. M.; Funch, P. (2000). Micrognathozoa: A new class with complicated jaws like those of Rotifera and Gnathostomulida. <em>Journal of Morphology.</em> 246(1): 1-49., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-4687(200010)246:1<1::aid-jmor1>3.0.co;2-d [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Mature females 105-152 µm long, juveniles 85-107µm long, ovoid sculptured egg 40x30µm. Stiff sensoria consisting of: 1) one pair of apicalia, 2) one pair of frontalia, 3) five pairs of lateralia, 4) three pairs of dorsalia, and 5) two pairs of caudalia, each with a ring-shaped epidermal socket. Second dorsalia (Fig. 1, do2) on the thorax are double and may lack cilia [details]Etymology To honor Maersk McKinney Møller, who sponsored the new research vessel Porsild for the Arctic Station. The new animal was discovered during the maiden trip with the new research vessel in 1994. [details]
Type material The type material was extracted from living water mosses from the cold Isunngua spring (69°43.799’N, 51°56.549’W), located at the eastern corner of Disko Island, West Greenland [details]
