New records of tardigrade species of the Macrobiotus hufelandi group (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) from Ukraine
Journal: The Journal of V N Karazin Kharkiv National University Series Biology
Year: 2020

Species of the Macrobiotus hufelandi group are among the most well known and commonly found tardigrades. They are reported in almost every study of Tardigrada diversity in terrestrial habitats. In spite of this, zoogeographical data on this group remain ambiguous and insufficient. Since most species of the M. hufelandi group have been described in the last three decades, many older records need to be confirmed or revised. In this study we aimed to investigate, which species may be present in Ukr