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Styraconyx craticulus Pollock 1983

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108. Styraconyx craticulus (Pollock, 1983)

Bathyechiniscus craticulus n. sp. (Pollock 1983)

Styraconyx craticulus (Pollock, 1983), new combination (Kristensen & Higgins 1984a) Bathyechiniscus craticulus Pollock, 1982 (Renaud-Mornant & Gourbault 1984) Terra typica: Caribbean Sea (U.S. Virgin Islands)

Adriatic Sea:

42°08′N, 15°29′E [42°07′N, 15°30′E]; 5–10 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Foggia Province, Tremiti Islands, San Domino Island, I Pagliai, coarse organogenic detritus. Grimaldi de Zio & D’Addabbo Gallo (2001), Grimaldi de Zio et al. (2003)

Alboran Sea:

35°11′N, 02°26′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO37] Morocco, Chafarinas Islands, Isable II Island [Isla Isabel II], midlittoral pool (2 sites). Villora-Moreno & Grimaldi de Zio (1996)

Caribbean Sea:

19°48′N, 70°42′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO31] Dominican Republic, Puerto Plata Province, Puerto Plata, Fortaleza Point [Fortaleza San Felipe], sand or algae. Pollock (1983)

19°47′N, 72°14′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO31] Republic of Haiti, North Department, NW of Cape Haitian, Plage Cormier, sand or algae. Pollock (1983)

17°45′30′′N, 64°35′36′′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO31] Type Locality: U.S. Virgin Islands, E end of St. Croix, Smuggler’s Cove, algal rinsings. Pollock (1983), Kristensen & Higgins (1984a)

16°16′N, 61°33′W: [FAO31] Undefined locality, Guadeloupe Islands, sand or algae. Pollock (1983)

16°14.4′N, 61°20.5′W / 16°14′N, 61°21′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO31] Guadeloupe Islands, Grande-Terre Island, the lagoon system de Bois Jolan, intertidal, fine sand (mean diameter 0.125 and 0.290 mm). Renaud-Mornant & Gourbault (1981, 1984)

16°12.5′N, 61°29.4′W / 16°13′N, 61°29′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO31] Guadeloupe Islands, Grande-Terre Island, Le Gosier, beach, intertidal, fine, sand (mean diameter 0.225 mm). Renaud-Mornant & Gourbault (1981, 1984)

Coral Sea:

19°11′S, 147°01′E; 0 m bsl: [FAO71] Australia, Queensland State, Cape Cleveland, intertidal zone, barnacles. Kristensen & Higgins (1984a)

19°52′S, 158°18′E; 0 m bsl: [FAO71] Chesterfield Reefs [Islands], Long Island, North Cay, intertidal zone, barnacles. Kristensen & Higgins (1984a)

Ionian Sea:

40 ° 13.94′N, 17°54.54′E; 10 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Lecce Province, San Isidoro, coarse sand. Accogli et al. (2011)

40°13′90′′N, 17°54′59′′E [ 40°13′N, 17°55′E]; 0 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Lecce Province, San Isidoro [Sant’Isidoro]. Grimaldi de Zio et al. (2003)

39°52′00′′N, 16°42′30′′E; 20–200 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Cosenza Province, High Ionian Sea offshore, Calabrian Coast, Amendolara Shoal, coralligenous, coralligenous mixed with debris, coarse medium or fine coralligenous (few sites). D’Addabbo Gallo et al. (1987), Grimaldi de Zio & D’Addabbo Gallo (1987), Grimaldi de Zio et al. (2003)

Notes

Published as part of Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Bartels, Paul J., Roszkowska, Milena & Nelson, Diane R., 2015, The Zoogeography of Marine Tardigrada, pp. 1-189 in Zootaxa 4037 (1) on page 100, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4037.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/233519

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