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Stygarctus bradypus Schulz 1951

Description

171. Stygarctus bradypus Schulz, 1951

Stygarctus bradypus n. g. n. sp. (Schulz 1951)

Stygarctus bradipus Schulz (Renaud-Debyser 1956, 1959a, b)

Stygarctus bradypus Schulz (Renaud-Debyser 1958, 1959b, D’Hondt 1970, Renaud-Debyser 1963) Stygarctus bradypus, Thulin 1942 (Grimaldi de Zio et al. 1983b)

Terra typica: North Sea (Germany, Europe)

Adriatic Sea:

42°07′18′′N, 15°29′49′′E; 0 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Foggia Province, Tremiti Islands, San Domino Island, Cala delle Arene. Grimaldi de Zio et al. (2003)

40°53′N, 17°24′E; 0 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Brindisi Province, Torre Egnazia. Grimaldi de Zio et al. (1980a)

Alboran Sea:

35°11′N, 02°25′W; 1 m bsl: [FAO37] Morocco, Chafarinas Islands, Rey Francisco Island [Isla del Rey], sublittoral sand and gravel. Villora-Moreno & Grimaldi de Zio (1996)

Andaman Sea:

11°41′N, 92°46′E; 0 m bsl: [FAO57] India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, South Andaman, Ross Island, intertidal, MWL, 30–40 cm below surface of sand, medium and fine sand with detritus. Rao (1975)

Arabian Sea:

28°02′N, 48°40′E; 0.46–1.07 m above ISLW (Indian Spring Low Water) / 0 m bsl: [FAO51] Saudi Arabia, Eastern Region, Persian Gulf, N of Safaniya, intertidal. Hansen & Kristensen (2006)

27°47′N, 48°53′E; 0 m bsl: [FAO51] Saudi Arabia, Eastern Province, Persian Gulf, Ras Al Tanajib, intertidal, sandy sediment. Hansen et al. (2012)

Atlantic Ocean:

44°45′N, 01°11′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO27] France, Aquitaine Region, Arcachon Bay, Jean de Boye, sand. Renaud- Debyser (1963)

44°42′N, 01°09′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO27] France, Aquitaine Region, Arcachon Bay, intertidal zone, interstitial samples. Renaud-Debyser (1958)

44°41′N, 01°14′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO27] France, Aquitaine Region, Arcachon Bay, Vigne, sand. Renaud- Debyser (1963)

44°40′N, 01°14′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO27] France, Aquitaine Region, Arcachon Bay, Camp Americaìn [American beach], 20–30 cm deep in sand, sand (diameter 0.25–0.30 mm). Renaud-Debyser (1959b, 1963)

44°40′N, 01°14′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO27] France, Aquitaine Region, Arcachon Bay, Bancot, 20–30 cm deep in sand, sand. Renaud-Debyser (1959b, 1963)

44°40′N, 01°10′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO27] France, Aquitaine Region, Arcachon Bay, Arcachon beach, in the “balancing area of tides” and extending up and down the beach, at low tide, 5–60 cm deep in sand, sand (many samples). Renaud-Debyser (1956, 1963)

44°40′N, 01°09′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO27] France, Aquitaine Region, Arcachon Bay, Plage d'Eyrac. Renaud- Mornant & Anselme-Moizan (1969)

44°39′N, 01°12′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO27] France, Aquitaine Region, Arcachon Bay, Le Moulleau, sand. Renaud- Debyser (1963)

44°39′N, 01°06′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO27] France, Aquitaine Region, Arcachon Bay, La Hume, sand. Renaud- Debyser (1963)

44°38′N, 01°15′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO27] France, Aquitaine Region, Arcachon Bay, Hortense, sand. Renaud- Debyser (1963)

44°35′N, 01°15′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO27] France, Aquitaine Region, Arcachon Bay, Arquin, sand. Renaud- Debyser (1963)

44°33′N, 01°15′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO27] France, Aquitaine Region, Arcachon Bay, La Salie, sand. Renaud- Debyser (1963)

41°32′N, 70°40′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO21] USA, Massachusetts State, Barnstable County, Marine Biological Laboratory Station at Woods Hole Beach, intertidal beach sand. Uhlig (1968)

41°31′N, 70°40′W; [FAO21] USA, Massachusetts State, Barnstable County, Nobska Beach, Woods Hole. McGinty & Higgins (1968)

37°12′N, 76°32′W [37°15′N, 76°32′W]; 0 m bsl: [FAO21] USA, Virginia State, York County, estuary of Chesapeake Bay, ca. 2.83 km W of Yorktown, sand spit located in the York River, Sandy Point (Indian Field Creek), mid- to high tide, medium to coarse sand and shell beach. McGinty & Higgins (1968)

34°42′N, 76°44′W; [FAO21] USA, North Carolina State, Carteret County, Atlantic Beach. McGinty & Higgins (1968)

34°41′30′′N, 76°50′00′′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO31] USA, North Carolina State, Carteret County, Bogue Bank, near Morehead City, ocean side, 30 and 60 cm deep in sand, salinity (34–36‰), sand (0.2–0.5 mm). Lindgren (1971)

25°43′N, 79°18′W; 0–3 m bsl: [FAO31] Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Bimini Island, Bimini lagoon, coralline sand, 10–50 cm depth, interstitial samples (many localities). Renaud-Debyser (1959a)

07°48′43′′S, 34°50′29′′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO41] Brazil, Pernambuco State, 40 km N of Recife, Itamarc Island, 0– 30 cm deep in sand, intertidal, sediments (many samples). da Rocha et al. (2009), Verçosa et al. (2009)

07°48′45′′S, 34°50′38′′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO41] Brazil, Pernambuco State, 40 km N of Recife, Itamarc Island, 0– 30 cm deep in sand, intertidal, sediments (many samples). Verçosa et al. (2009)

Black Sea:

42°49′N, 27°53′E: [FAO27] Undefined locality, Bulgaria, coast. Valkanov & Marinov (1964) reported in Rudescu (1969)

Celtic Sea:

48°44′N, 03°59′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO27] France, Brittany Region, Roscoff, beach in front of the Lacaze-Duthiers Laboratory, 10 cm depth, wet clean sediments. d’Hondt (1970)

Caribbean Sea:

18°25′N, 77°7′W; [FAO21] Jamaica, St. Ann Parish, near Ocho Rios. McGinty & Higgins (1968)

Indian Ocean:

19°52′N, 86°07′E; 0 m bsl: [FAO57] India, Odisha State, Bay of Bengal, Konark beach, half-tide level, medium sand (0.2–0.5 mm mean diameter), 25–40 cm below surface, organic detritus rich in finer substrates. Rao (1971)

19°48′N, 85°51′E; 0 m bsl: [FAO57] India, Odisha State, Bay of Bengal, Puri beach, half-tide level, medium sand (0.2–0.5 mm mean diameter), 25–40 cm below surface, organic detritus rich in finer substrates. Rao (1969, 1971)

17°43′N, 83°20′E; 0 m bsl: [FAO57] India, Andhra Pradesh, Bay of Bengal, Waltair coast, beach, mid-water level, medium sand. Rao & Ganapati (1968)

11°36′N, 92°37′E; 0 m bsl: [FAO57] India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bay of Bengal, South Andaman, Wandur [Wandoor], intertidal, MWL, 30 cm below surface of sand, medium sand with rich organic debris. Rao (1975)

Ionian Sea:

40°29′00′′N, 17°03′25′′E; 15 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Tarento Province, Secca dell’Armeleia, subtidal, organogenic, Amphioxus debris. Grimaldi de Zio et al. (1983b)

40°22′25′′N, 17°18′18′′E [40°21′N, 17°22′E]; 0 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Tarento Province, Marina di Pulsano. Grimaldi de Zio et al. (2003)

40°17′45′′N, 17°33′38′′E; 0 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Tarento Province, Campo Marino. Grimaldi de Zio et al. (2003)

40°08′N, 17°59′E; 0 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Lecce Province, Santa Caterina, beach, 1 m of the shoreline and 35 cm deep, medium sand (max 0.354 mm). Grimaldi de Zio et al. (1980b)

Notes

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 pages 143-144, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4037.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/233519

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