Echiniscus corrugicaudatus McInnes 2009

Echiniscus corrugicaudatus McInnes, 2009 Localities and number of specimens. V (20) Remarks. Our specimens correspond well to the original description (except for slightly lower number of teeth on the dentate collar of the fourth pair of legs). Until now, the species had only been reported from its...

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Main Authors: Roszkowska, Milena, Stec, Daniel, Ciobanu, Daniel Adrian, Kaczmarek, Łukasz
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2016
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Tardigrada
Heterotardigrada
Echiniscoidea
Echiniscidae
Echiniscus
Echiniscus corrugicaudatus
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5615663
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E10656FE466A44E4FBFA86E6ABFA7D
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Summary:Echiniscus corrugicaudatus McInnes, 2009 Localities and number of specimens. V (20) Remarks. Our specimens correspond well to the original description (except for slightly lower number of teeth on the dentate collar of the fourth pair of legs). Until now, the species had only been reported from its type locality—Ellsworth Land, Antarctica (McInnes 2009). This is the first record of this species from South America. Published as part of Roszkowska, Milena, Stec, Daniel, Ciobanu, Daniel Adrian & Kaczmarek, Łukasz, 2016, Tardigrades from Nahuel Huapi National Park (Argentina, South America) with descriptions of two new Macrobiotidae species, pp. 243-260 in Zootaxa 4105 (3) on page 246, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4105.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/266164

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