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ABSTRACT
Only three species from the Phylum Tardigrada have been reported in Georgia. Samples of leaf litter and cryptogams collected in 2003 in Fayette County, Georgia were examined for the presence of tardigrades. Diphascon (Diphascon) pingue, Macrobiotus coronatus, Macrobiotus harmsworthi, Macrobiotus hibiscus, Macrobiotus richtersi, Minibiotus furcatus, Minibiotus intermedius, Isohypsibius nodosus, and Milnesium tardigradum were present in the samples. All nine are additions to the fauna of Georgia.
Key Words: Tardigrade, Tardigrada, leaf litter, Georgia
Tardigrades (Phylum Tardigrada) are minute arthropod relatives commonly found in mosses, lichens, liverworts, soil, and leaf litter. The presence of over 200 species of freshwater and terrestrial tardigrade has been recorded in North America (1). Prior to the current study, only three species had been recorded in Georgia: Parhexapodibius pilatoi (Bernard, 1977), in moss on a stream bank in Putnam County in central Georgia (3); Echiniscus cavagnaroi Schuster & Grigarick. 1966. in fruticose
lichen on St. Catherines Island, Liberty County in southeastern Georgia (4); and Echiniscus virginicus Riggin, 1962, in foliose lichen...
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