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Macrobiotus echinogenitus Richters 1904, sensu lato

Description

124. Macrobiotus echinogenitus Richters, 1904f sensu lato [T]

Macrobiotus echinogenitus (Teunissen 1938)

Macrobiotus echinogenitus Richters, 1904 (Pilato & Pennisi 1976, Binda & Pilato 1987, Binda 1988) Macrobiotus cf. echinogenitus Richters, 1904 (Meyer & Hinton 2009)

Terra typica: Svalbard (Spitsbergen)

Algeria:

36°49′N, 05°47′E; 0 m asl: Jijel Province, Jijel, Les Aftis beach (Ziama Monsouria). Binda & Pilato (1987), Binda (1988)

• Democratic Republic of Congo:

01°25′S, 29°27′E: Undefined locality, North Kivu Province, Albert National Park [Virunga National Park], soil. Teunissen (1938)

Israel and Palestinian National Authority:

31°46′N, 35°16′E; 650 m asl: Judean Mountains, al-Eizariya, Bethany, Tomb of Lazarus, semi-arid climate, moss (Orthotrichium sp.) on rock. Rahm (1936)

Libya:

32°29′N, 20°50′E; 350 m asl: Marj District, Barce [Marj], moss. Pilato & Pennisi (1976)

• Morocco:

32°56′N, 05°40′W; 1,700 m asl [850 m asl]: Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Khenifra [Khénifra], moss. Binda (1988)

Republic of South Africa:

29°44′S, 22°44′E: Undefined locality, Cape Colony [Cape Province]. Murray (1907a)

29°48′S, 29°30′E; 1,550 m asl: KwaZulu-Natal Province, Underberg, moss on soil. Meyer & Hinton (2009)

Record numbers. Algeria: 1, Democratic Republic of Congo: 1, Israel and Palestinian National Authority 1, Libya: 1, Morocco: 1, Republic of South Africa: 2; total: 7.

Remarks. The short note describing Macrobiotus echinogenitus (Richters 1904f) was followed by a more detailed description (Richters 1904b) but raised issues, discussed in Marcus (1936), leading to this species being synonymised with Macrobiotus harmsworthi and M. areolatus. The out-dated original descriptions have produced a cosmopolitan (McInnes 1994) species group. As this nominal species requires a formal taxonomic re-description, all African record need re-examination using integrated taxonomy.

Notes

Published as part of Kaczmarek, Łukasz, 2017, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa, pp. 1-74 in Zootaxa 4284 (1) on page 43, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4284.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1010400

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Macrobiotidae
Genus
Macrobiotus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Parachela
Phylum
Tardigrada
Scientific name authorship
Richters
Species
echinogenitus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Macrobiotus echinogenitus , 2017

References

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  • Teunissen, R. J. H. (1938) Tardigraden. ExploRation du PaRc National AlbeRt, Mission de Witte, 16, 1 - 21.
  • Pilato, G. & Pennisi, G. (1976) Prime notizie sui Tardigradi della Cirenaica. Animalia, 3, 243 - 258.
  • Binda, M. G. (1988) Redescrizione di MacRobiotus echinogenitus Richters, 1904 e sul valore di buona specie di MacRobiotus cRenulatus Richters, 1904 (Eutardigrada). Animalia, 15, 201 - 210.
  • Meyer, H. A. & Hinton, J. G. (2009) The Tardigrada of southern Africa, with the description of Minibiotus haRRylewisi, a new species from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae). AfRican InveRtebRates, 50 (2), 255 - 268. https: // doi. org / 10.5733 / afin. 050.0203
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