Angursa antarctica Villora-Moreno 1998

• Main Authors: Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Bartels, Paul J., Roszkowska, Milena, Nelson, Diane R.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Tardigrada; Heterotardigrada; Arthrotardigrada; Halechiniscidae; Angursa; Angursa antarctica; Scotia Sea; South Shetland Islands; Livingston Island; Moreno; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5632552; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5632552

89. Angursa antarctica Villora-Moreno, 1998 Angursa antarctica sp. nov. (Villora-Moreno 1998) Terra typica: Scotia Sea (Antarctica) Scotia Sea: • 62 ° 30 ′S, 60 ° 34 ′W; 416 m bsl: [FAO 48] Antarctica, N of South Shetland Islands, Livingston Island, station L 16, heterometric sediment (sandy mud with gravels, medium diameter 0.06 mm, poorly sorted sediment). Villora-Moreno (1998) • 62 ° 30 ′S, 60 ° 34 ′W; 352 m bsl: [FAO 48] Type Locality: Antarctica, N of South Shetland Islands, Livingston Island, station L 15, heterometric sediment (sandy mud with gravels, medium diameter 0.06 mm, poorly sorted sediment). Villora-Moreno (1998) Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): Scotia Sea: 2; total: 2. Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO 48: 2; total: 2. Remarks: This is a deep sea species known only from the type locality and a neighbouring site. 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 90, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4037.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/233519