Name - Platicrista Pilato 1987

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• Revision of the genus Diphascon Plate, 1889, with remarks on the subfamily Itaquasconinae (Eutardigrada, Hypsibiidae). Collana U.Z.I. Selected Symposia and Monographs, No. 1 1987: 337-357. [Zoological Record Volume 125]

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Recent Publications

• Revision of the genus Diphascon Plate, 1889, with remarks on the subfamily Itaquasconinae (Eutardigrada, Hypsibiidae).
• A new species of Tardigrada, Platicrista ramsayi sp. nov. from the paramo of Volcan Chiles, Ecuador.
• Definition of families, subfamilies, genera and subgenera of the Eutardigrada, and keys to their identification.
• Tardigrades of North America: Platicrista brunsoni nov. sp. (Parachela, Hypsibiidae, Itaquasconinae) from the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area of Montana.
• 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.

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