Freshwater tardigrades from Hopen, Svalbard (76°31'N)
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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.
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Copyright (c) 1996 Els A. van Rompu, Willem H. De Smet
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van Rompu, E. A., & De Smet, W. H. (2024). Freshwater tardigrades from Hopen, Svalbard (76°31’N). Fauna Norvegica, 17, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.5324/fn.v17i0.6016