title: An exceptional event during the moulting process of an eutardigrade: two bucco-pharyngeal apparatuses present.
abstract: A specimen of Diphascon (Diphascon) procerum with two bucco-pharyngeal apparatuses (one of which should have been expelled during moulting process) is described, and that anomalous condition is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Section of Animal Biology. Via Androne 81, 95124, Catania, Italy; Email: pilato@unict.it.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pilato
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Section of Animal Biology. Via Androne 81, 95124, Catania, Italy; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lisi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018978:Molting; D058467:Tardigrada / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*