Megastygarctides orbiculatus McKirdy, Schmidt & McGinty-Bayly 1976

• 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; Stygarctidae; Megastygarctides; Megastygarctides orbiculatus; Galapagos; Pacific; Conway; Bayly; Sergeeva; Tower Island; Omega Bay
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5632680; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5632680

149. Megastygarctides orbiculatus McKirdy, Schmidt & McGinty-Bayly, 1976 Megastygarctides orbiculatus nov. spec. (McKirdy et al. 1976) Megastygarctides orbiculatus McKirdy et al., 1976 (D’Addabbo Gallo et al. 1999 a) Megastygarctides orbiculatus (Kharkevych & Sergeeva 2011) Terra typica: Pacific Ocean (Galapagos Islands) Black Sea: • 45 ° 21 ′N, 32 ° 29 ′E: [FAO 37] Undefined locality, Ukraine / Russia, Crimean Peninsula, Chornomorske District, Cape Tarkhankut. Kharkevych & Sergeeva (2011) • 44 ° 36 ′N, 33 ° 27 ′E: [FAO 37] Undefined locality, Ukraine / Russia, Crimean Peninsula, District of Sevastopol, Omega Bay. Kharkevych & Sergeeva (2011) • 44 ° 35 ′N, 33 ° 24 ′E: [FAO 37] Undefined locality, Ukraine / Russia, Crimean Peninsula, District of Sevastopol, Kazachja Bay. Kharkevych & Sergeeva (2011) Ionian Sea: • 40 ° 13 ′ 90 ′′N, 17 ° 54 ′ 59 ′′E [ 40 ° 13 ′N, 17 ° 55 ′E]; 0 m bsl: [FAO 37] Italy, Lecce Province, San Isidoro [Sant’Isidoro]. Grimaldi de Zio et al. (2003) Ligurian Sea: • 43 ° 32 ′N, 10 ° 12 ′E; 18 m bsl: [FAO 37] Italy, Livorno Province, near Meloria Shoals Lighthouse, thick layer of dead leaves of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica, sediment samples. D’Addabbo Gallo et al. (1999 a) Pacific Ocean: • 00° 19 ′N, 89 ° 57 ′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO 87] Galapagos Islands, Tower Island [Genovesa Island], 0–100 cm deep in sand. McKirdy et al. (1976) • 00° 33 ′S, 90 ° 31 ′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO 87] Type Locality: Galapagos Islands, Santa Cruz Island, Conway Bay, midhigh tide area, 0–20 cm depth, fine to medium sand. McKirdy et al. (1976) • 00° 45 ′S, 90 ° 19 ′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO 87] Galapagos Islands, Santa Cruz Island, Academy Bay, 0–100 cm deep in sand. McKirdy et al. (1976) Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): Black Sea: 3, Ionian Sea: 1, Ligurian Sea: 1, Pacific Ocean: 3; total: 8. Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO 37: 5, FAO 87: 3; total: 8. Remarks: This species was described from tropical waters around the Galapagos Islands and later reported from European localities off the coast of ...