Description and Molecular Characterization of Richtersius ziemowiti sp. nov. (Richtersiidae) from Nepal (Asia) with Evidence of Heterozygous Point Mutation Events in the 28S rRNA

An integrative description of a new Richtersius species from Greece (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Richtersiusidae)

“…Thanks to morphological and morphometric analysis, as well as integration of these data with the DNA sequences published previously, we described a new Richtersius species that constitute the third formally named species in the genus. According to Stec et al (2020a) and Kayastha et al (2020a) there are at least six additional putative new Richtersius species awaiting description. We believe that the implementation of integrative taxonomic tools and the collection of extensive sets of morphological and morphometric data, linked to molecular markers, will allow delimitations of further species within the genus.…”

Reaching the Monophyly: Re-Evaluation of the Enigmatic Species Tenuibiotus hyperonyx (Maucci, 1983) and the Genus Tenuibiotus (Eutardigrada)

“…The phylum comprises almost 1400 species; however, the real number of taxa that can be recognized in this group seems much higher, as each year brings dozens of new species that are being described and formally named [2][3][4]. Over the last ten years, the implementation of molecular techniques and taxonomic analyses by means of an integrative approach have accelerated the emergence of new species being characterized morphologically and genetically in detail, e.g., [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. The acquisition and accumulation of genetic data tightly associated with phenotypic information enhanced studies on two major subjects in tardigrade taxonomy: (i) The recognition and disentanglement of cryptic/pseudocryptic diversity, e.g., [13][14][15][16][17][18][19] and (ii) the construction of comprehensive molecular phylogenies at the family level or higher that considerably impacted tardigrade systematics, e.g., [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30].…”