Echiniscus kofordi Schuster & Grigarick 1966

• Main Authors: Pilato, Giovanni, Lisi, Oscar
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2006
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Tardigrada; Heterotardigrada; Echiniscoidea; Echiniscidae; Echiniscus; Echiniscus kofordi; Antarctic; Galapagos; Pasa; Antarc*; Tardigrade
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5619262; https://zenodo.org/record/5619262

Echiniscus kofordi Schuster & Grigarick, 1966 Material examined One specimen from an undetermined moss sample developing on rock. Remarks The species is reported from North America and South America (Galápagos Island included). Maucci & Durante Pasa (1980) reported the species for the Andaman Islands, but Pilato & Lisi (2003) examined one specimen kindly sent by Maucci and stated that it has to be attributed to Echiniscus tessellatus Murray, 1910. : Published as part of Pilato, Giovanni & Lisi, Oscar, 2006, Notes on some tardigrades from southern Mexico with description of three new species, pp. 53-68 in Zootaxa 1236 on page 60, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.273448 : {"references": ["Schuster, R. O. & Grigarick, A. A. (1966) Tardigrada from the Galapagos and Cocos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science, XXXIV, 5, 315 - 328.", "Maucci, W. & Durante Pasa, M. V. (1980) Tardigradi muscicoli delle Isole Andamane. Bollettino Museo Ccivico di Storia Naturale, Verona, VII, 281 - 291.", "Pilato, G. & Lisi, O. (2003) Echiniscus walteri, new species of tardigrade from Madagascar. Bollettino Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, 27, 65 - 70.", "Murray, J. (1910) Tardigrada. Reports on the Scientific investigations. British Antarctic Expedition 1907 - 9, Pt V, 83 - 184."]}