Echiniscus merokensis Richters 1904

• Main Authors: Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz, Mcinnes, Sandra J.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Tardigrada; Heterotardigrada; Echiniscoidea; Echiniscidae; Echiniscus; Echiniscus merokensis; Norway; Argentino; Argentina; Moreno; Cueva; Magallanes; Pablo; Esperanza; Paine; isla Grande; Ancha; Antártica; glacier; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5687882; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5687882

33. Echiniscus merokensis Richters, 1904 d sensu lato [T] Echiniscus merokensis Richters, 1904 (Maucci 1988) Echiniscus merokensis Richters, 1904 (Binda & Pilato 1999 b) Terra typica: Norway (Europe) Argentina: • 39 ° 14 ′S, 70 ° 55 ′W; 950 m asl: Neuquén Province, Abra Ancha, Aluminé, lichen and moss on soil (2 samples). Rossi et al. (2009) • 50 °06′S, 73 ° 18 ′W; 200 m asl: Santa Cruz Province, Los Glaciares National Park, shores of Argentino Lake, near the Onelli glacier, Nothofagus forests, in the shade, mosses and lichens on trees and rocks. Maucci (1988) • 50 ° 28 ′S, 73 °01′W; 300 m asl: Santa Cruz province, Los Glaciares National Park, shores of Lake Argentino, near the Perito Moreno glacier, Nothofagus forest, in the shade, mosses. Maucci (1988) • 54 ° 17 ′S, 66 ° 42 ′W; 50 m asl: Tierra del Fuego Province, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, outskirts of Cabo San Pablo, peatmoss. Binda & Pilato (1999 b) Chile: • 50 ° 59 ′S, 73 °00′W; 1,200 m asl: Region XII Magallanes (Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena), Torres del Paine National Park, mosses on trees and rocks, nearly all in half sunlight. Maucci (1988) • 51 ° 34 ′S, 72 ° 36 ′W; 200 m asl: Region XII Magallanes (Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena), Ultima Esperanza, near Cueva del Milodón, mosses on rocks, in sunlight. Maucci (1988) • 51 ° 44 ′S, 72 ° 30 ′W; 0 m asl: Region XII Magallanes (Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena), Puerto Natales, mosses on trees and rocks. Maucci (1988) Record numbers: Argentina: 4, Chile: 3; total: 7. Remarks: Reports of E. merokensis exhibit a great deal of morphological variation, suggesting a species complex. Moreover, the Holarctic type locale and majority of records (Ramazzotti & Maucci 1983, McInnes 1994 a), suggests this species requires a re-examination of type material and, confirmation of the South American records. Published as part of Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: ...