BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Morgan, C.I. & King, P.E., 1976

British Tardigrades

Monograph with key, descriptions, line drawings and dot distribution maps.

Publisher The Linnean Society of London
Volume 9
Pages 133
ISBN 0 12 506950 2
Coverage Covers all UK species known at the time.
Illustrations Line drawings.
Identify Under a Compound Microscope.
Specimen Prep. Live, narcotised or mounted in Gum Chloral.
Difficulty Medium: the specimen needs to be extended and the limbs correctly aligned.

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Taxonomic Scope

TARDIGRADA (water-bears) Identification Current

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