Testechiniscus macronyx

68. Testechiniscus macronyx (Richters, 1908a) sensu lato [T] Echiniscus ( Echiniscus ) macronyx Richters, 1907 (de Barros 1942a) Terra typica : South Georgia (Maritime Antarctic) Brazil: • 23°33′S, 46°38′W; 750 m asl: São Paulo State, São Paulo, mosses. de Barros (1942a) Record numbers: Brazil: 1; t...

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Main Authors: Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz, Mcinnes, Sandra J.
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Published: Zenodo 2015
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5687950
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Summary:68. Testechiniscus macronyx (Richters, 1908a) sensu lato [T] Echiniscus ( Echiniscus ) macronyx Richters, 1907 (de Barros 1942a) Terra typica : South Georgia (Maritime Antarctic) Brazil: • 23°33′S, 46°38′W; 750 m asl: São Paulo State, São Paulo, mosses. de Barros (1942a) Record numbers: Brazil: 1; total: 1. Remarks: It is not possible to say whether these Brazilian specimens are Testechiniscus macronyx (as re-described, McInnes 1994b), but description and drawings (de Barros 1942a) suggest this probably belong to either a different Testechiniscus species or even the Echiniscus arctomys group. Published as part of Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America, pp. 1-107 in Zootaxa 3923 (1) on page 29, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.3923.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/241936