Astatumen Pilato, 1997

Tumanov, D. V. & Tsvetkova, A. Yu., 2023, Some have drops and some do not, but can we rely on that? Re-investigation of Diphascon tenue (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada) with discussion of the phylogeny and taxonomy of the superfamily Hypsibioidea, Zoosystematica Rossica (China) 32 (1), pp. 50-74 : 67

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https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2023.32.1.50

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16980355

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Astatumen Pilato, 1997
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Diagnosis (emended). Claws of Hypsibius - type; bucco-pharyngeal tube subdivided into anterior, rigid portion (buccal tube) and posterior, flexible portion (pharyngeal tube) provided with spiral thickening. Stylet supports absent. Apophyses for insertion of muscles of stylets in shape of “wide and flat ridge” symmetrical with respect to frontal plane; caudal processes of those apophyses thin and pointing laterally. Pharyngeal bulb lacking apophyses and placoids or provided with a long, undivided placoid. Peribuccal lamellae and peribuccal papulae absent. Furcae of stylets reduced; their branches short and tapering at their apices. No cuticular thickening present between buccal tube and pharyngeal tube. Lunules absent. Eggs smooth, laid in exuviae.

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