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Macrobiotus islandicus Kaczmarek 2017, sensu lato
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Description
129. Macrobiotus islandicus Richters, 1904e sensu lato [T]
Terra typica: Iceland (Europe)
Algeria:
• 34°40′N, 06°11′E; 0 m asl: Biskra Province, 30 km from Biskra, El Oued [Zeribet el Oued]. Binda & Pilato (1987)
Record numbers. Algeria: 1; total: 1.
Remarks. This nominal species of the M. islandicus group has a Holarctic distribution (McInnes 1994). While the presence of this taxon in Africa is possible, Binda & Pilato (1987) found only a single egg (with no adults), which they attributed to M. islandicus. To confirm the presence of M. islandicus further study producing more specimens is required.
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 47, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4284.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1010400
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Macrobiotidae
- Genus
- Macrobiotus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Parachela
- Phylum
- Tardigrada
- Scientific name authorship
- Kaczmarek
- Species
- islandicus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Macrobiotus islandicus , 2017
References
- Richters, F. (1904 e) Islandische Tardigraden. ZoologischeR AnzeigeR, 28, 373 - 377.
- McInnes, S. J. (1994) Zoogeographic distribution of terrestrial / freshwater tardigrades from current literature. JouRnal of NatuRal HistoRy, 28, 257 - 352. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222939400770131