title: Milnesium berladnicorum sp. n. (Eutardigrada, Apochela, Milnesiidae), a new species of water bear from Romania.
abstract: In a lichen sample collected from a tree in Bârlad town (Vaslui County, Romania), a new tardigrade species belonging to the genus Milnesium (granulatum group) was found. Milnesium berladnicorum sp. n. is most similar (in the type of dorsal sculpture) to Milnesium beasleyi Kaczmarek et al., 2012 but differs from it mainly by having a different claw configuration and some morphometric characters. Additionally, the new species differs from other congeners of the granulatum group by the different type of dorsal sculpture, claw configuration and some morphometric characters.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Biology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, B-dul Carol I, no. 20A, 700505 Iași, Romania.
authors.forename: Daniel Adrian
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Ciobanu
authors.affiliation:  Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, A. Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland.
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zawierucha
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Biology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, B-dul Carol I, no. 20A, 700505 Iași, Romania.
authors.forename: Ioan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Moglan
authors.affiliation:  Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, A. Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland ; Prometeo researcher, Laboratorio de Ecología Natural y Aplicada de Invertebrados,Universidad Estatal Amazónica, Puyo, Ecuador.
authors.forename: Lukasz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kaczmarek
keywords: Europe; Palearctic; Tardigrada; new species; taxonomy