Eutardigrada from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, including a description of <i>Platicrista cheleusis</i> n.sp.

Abstract

Thirty-one species of eutardigrades were collected on five mountains on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, during July 1986 and July 1987. Three of the species found were new to science, including 1 species, Platicrista cheleusis n.sp., described herein and 2 species described elsewhere, and 21 others are new to British Columbia; 13 of these are also new to Canada.