Faroestygarctus dezioae Hansen, Kristensen & Jorgensen 2012
Description
151. Faroestygarctus dezioae Hansen, Kristensen & Jørgensen, 2012
Faroestygarctus dezioae nov. gen. et nov. sp. (Hansen et al. 2012)
Terra typica: Atlantic Ocean (Faroe Bank, Europe)
Atlantic Ocean:
• 61°17′N, 08°32′W; 120–249 m bsl: [FAO27] Faroe Islands, Faroe Bank, BIOFAR station 785, gravel, coarse shell gravel or shell sand. Hansen et al. (2012)
• 61°12′N, 08°25′W; 120–249 m bsl: [FAO27] Faroe Islands, Faroe Bank, BIOFAR station 573, gravel, coarse shell gravel or shell sand. Hansen et al. (2012)
• 61°00′N, 08°13′W; 120–249 m bsl: [FAO27] Type Locality: Faroe Islands, Faroe Bank, BIOFAR station 2013, gravel, coarse shell gravel or shell sand. Hansen et al. (2012)
Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): Atlantic Ocean: 3; total: 3.
Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO27: 3; total: 3.
Remarks: This is a recently described subtidal genus and species known only from the type locality and two neighbouring sites. It is a monotypic genus.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Stygarctidae
- Genus
- Faroestygarctus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Arthrotardigrada
- Phylum
- Tardigrada
- Scientific name authorship
- Hansen, Kristensen & Jorgensen
- Species
- dezioae
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Faroestygarctus dezioae Hansen, 2012 sec. Kaczmarek, Bartels, Roszkowska & Nelson, 2015
References
- Hansen, J. G., Kristensen, R. M. & Jorgensen, A. (2012) The armoured marine tardigrades (Arthrotardigrada, Tardigrada). The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. Scientia Danica, Series B, Biologica, 2, 1 - 91.