Echiniscus bigranulatus Richters 1908
Description
Echiniscus bigranulatus Richters, 1908
Localities and number of specimens. II (15), III (10), V (17), VI (8), XVII (2), XX (28)
Remarks. The species belongs to a Neotropical and Antarctic bigranulatus group and can be easily mistaken with other members of the group (e.g. Michalczyk & Kaczmarek 2006, 2007; McInnes 2009). It is widely distributed in South and Central America (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Paraguay) (Kaczmarek et al. 2014, 2015). It was also reported in Europe, Africa, Indonesia and New Zealand (McInnes 1994), however non-Neotropical-Antarctic reports are probably misidentifications. Thus, all the records prior to 2006 require re-examination to confirm species identification (Michalczyk & Kaczmarek 2006).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Echiniscidae
- Genus
- Echiniscus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Echiniscoidea
- Phylum
- Tardigrada
- Scientific name authorship
- Richters
- Species
- bigranulatus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Echiniscus bigranulatus Richters, 1908 sec. Roszkowska, Stec, Ciobanu & Kaczmarek, 2016
References
- Richters, F. (1908) Moosbewohner. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Sudpolar-Expedition (1901 - 1903) Stockholm, 6, 1 - 16.
- Michalczyk, L. & Kaczmarek, L., (2006) Revision of the Echiniscus bigranulatus group with a description of a new species Echiniscus madonnae (Tardigrada: Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) from South America. Zootaxa, 1154, 1 - 26.
- Michalczyk, L. & Kaczmarek, L. (2007) Echiniscus ganczareki, a new species of Tardigrada (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae: bigranulatus group) from Costa Rica. Zootaxa, 1471, 15 - 25.
- McInnes, S. J. (2009) Echiniscus corrugicaudatus (Heterotardigrada; Echiniscidae) a new species from Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. Polar Biology, 33, 59 - 70. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1007 / s 00300 - 009 - 0684 - 4
- McInnes, S. J. (1994) Zoogeographic distribution of terrestrial / freshwater tardigrades from current literature. Journal of Natural History, 28, 257 - 352. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222939400770131