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Tardigrades of South America: Machu Picchu and Ollantaytambo, Peru

2001; Elsevier BV; Volume: 240; Issue: 3-4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1078/0044-5231-00060

1873-2674

K.e.n. Nickel, William R. Miller, Nigel J. Marley,

Planetary Science and Exploration

During July 1999, a study group from the University of Kansas visited the ancient Inca ruins in and around Machu Picchu and Ollantaytambo, Peru. They collected lichens and mosses from the rock walls around the ruins. The samples contained four genera and six species of tardigrades. No associational patterns and relationships were detected. A new species, Echiniscus ollantaytamboensis nov. sp. is described.