Echiniscus merokensis Richters 1904 ...

• Main Authors: Gąsiorek, Piotr, Vončina, Katarzyna
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Tardigrada; Heterotardigrada; Echiniscoidea; Echiniscidae; Echiniscus; Echiniscus merokensis; Amsterdamøya; Svalbard
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8349263; https://zenodo.org/record/8349263

13. Echiniscus merokensis Richters, 1904 Figures 18–20 Synonyms Echiniscus batramiae Iharos, 1936 syn. nov. Echiniscus columinis Murray, 1911 syn. nov. Echiniscus iharosi Rudescu, 1964: Ramazzotti & Maucci (1983) Echiniscus jagodici Mihelčič, 1951 syn. nov. Echiniscus laterospinosus Rudescu, 1964 syn. nov. Echiniscus merokensis suecicus Thulin, 1911 syn. nov. Echiniscus simba Marcus, 1928: Gąsiorek et al . (2019b) Locus typicus : Amsterdamøya (Svalbard) and Merok (Norway) (Richters 1904b). Etymology: Referring to the type locality in Merok. An adjective in nominative singular. Shortened description: Small to medium-sized ( ca . 170–230 μm). Body appendage configuration A-(B)-(Bd)- C-Cd- D-Dd- E , with appendages B often and Bd usually absent. An enormous variability of chaetotaxy: all lateral appendages are long cirri (Fig. 18), but dorsal appendages can be both long, rigid spines (Figs 18A, D), or reduced spicules (Figs 18B–C). Asymmetries frequent. Dorsal plate ... : Published as part of Gąsiorek, Piotr & Vončina, Katarzyna, 2023, Atlas of the Echiniscidae (Heterotardigrada) of the World-part I: West Palaearctic Echiniscus species, pp. 1-72 in Zootaxa 5344 (1) on pages 36-37, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5344.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8346050 ...