title: The first record of Pyxidium tardigradum Van der Land, 1964 (Ciliophora) in Romania.
abstract: In three lichen samples collected from eastern part of Romania, three populations of Ramazzottius cf. oberhaeuseri (Doyère, 1840) infested by Pyxidium tardigradum Van der Land 1964 were found. In this short correspondence we present a first record of P. tardigradum in Romania and infestation rates in studied populations according to the different life stages.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Biology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, B-dul Carol I, no. 20A, 700505 Iași, Romania.; Email: danieladrian.ciobanu@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Daniel Adrian
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Ciobanu
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland; Laboratorio de Ecología Natural y Aplicada de Invertebrados, Universidad Estatal Amazónica, Puyo, Ecuador.; Email: imoglan@uaic.ro.
authors.forename: Milena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roszkowska
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Biology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, B-dul Carol I, no. 20A, 700505 Iași, Romania.; Email: imoglan@uaic.ro.
authors.forename: Ioan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Moglan
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland; Laboratorio de Ecología Natural y Aplicada de Invertebrados, Universidad Estatal Amazónica, Puyo, Ecuador.; Email: kaczmar@amu.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Łukasz
authors.initials: Ł
authors.lastname: Kaczmarek
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D009929:Organ Size; D012383:Romania; D058467:Tardigrada / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development