FIGURE 2. A–D in Minibiotus xavieri, a new species of tardigrade from the Parque Biológico de Gaia, Portugal (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae)

FIGURE 2. A–D, details of the eggs of Minibiotus xavieri sp. nov.: A, the terminal filaments of the egg processes are broken one case excluded (black arrow), one process is forked in the proximal position (white arrow); B, one process is forked in the preterminal position and has terminal filaments (black arrow), another process is forked in a more proximal position (white arrow); C, one process is forked in the preterminal position and has terminal filaments (black arrow), another process is forked in a more proximal position (white arrow), the well-spaced granulation of the egg shell is visible; D, the terminal filaments, the well-spaced granulation of a process (black arrow) and of the egg shell are visible. (Scale bars = 10 µm)