Echiniscus merokensis Kaczmarek 2017, sensu lato

• Main Author: Kaczmarek, Łukasz
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Tardigrada; Heterotardigrada; Echiniscoidea; Echiniscidae; Echiniscus; Echiniscus merokensis; Norway; Arktis*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6049934; https://zenodo.org/record/6049934

25. Echiniscus merokensis Richters, 1904b sensu lato [T] Echiniscus meRokensis Richt (Marcus 1928) Terra typica : Norway (Europe) ?Africa: • 23°30′N, 12°00′E: Undefined locality, N Africa. Marcus (1928), Rahm (1928) Algeria: • 36°53′N, 07°39′E; 800 m asl: Annaba Province, Massif of Eldough [Edough Mountains]. Binda & Pilato (1987) • 36°40′N, 04°36′E; 1,400 m asl: Tizi Ouzou Province, Akfadou Forest. Binda & Pilato (1987) • 36°38′N, 05°45′E; 1,200 m asl: Jijel Province, M’Sid-Ech-Cheta (Texenna Pass). Binda & Pilato (1987) Record numbers. ?Africa: 1, Algeria: 3; total 4. Remarks. The morphological descriptions of E. merokensis in various reports exhibit a great deal of variation, suggestive of a species complex (see: Ramazzotti & Maucci 1983). However, most of the records (including the type locality) are Holarctic (McInnes 1994), which implies the records from other regions need confirmation. : Published as part of Kaczmarek, Łukasz, 2017, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa, pp. 1-74 in Zootaxa 4284 (1) on pages 13-14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4284.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1010400 : {"references": ["Richters, F. (1904 b) Arktische Tardigraden. Fauna ARctica, 3, 495 - 508.", "Marcus, E. (1928) Spinnentiere oder Arachoides. IV Bartierchen (Tardigrada). TieRwelt Deutschlands und deR angRenzenden MeeResteile Jena, 12, 1 - 230.", "Ramazzotti, G. & Maucci, W. (1983) Il Phylum Tardigrada. MemoRie dell'Istituto Italiano di IdRobiologia, 41, 1 - 1012.", "McInnes, S. J. (1994) Zoogeographic distribution of terrestrial / freshwater tardigrades from current literature. JouRnal of NatuRal HistoRy, 28, 257 - 352. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222939400770131"]}