Murrayon dianeae
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168. Murrayon dianeae (Kristensen, 1982) [F]
Macrobiotus dianeae Kristensen, 1980 (Van Rompu et al. 1991a)
Terra typica: Greenland (Arctic)
Tanzania:
• 03°06′S, 37°25′E; ca. 4,250 m asl: Kilimanjaro Region, Kilimanjaro National Park, Kibo trail, below saddle between Kibo and Horombo, above tree line, alpine meadow, dense vegetation, stagnant water (swamp), benthos sample. Van Rompu et al. (1991a)
• 03°07′S, 37°21′E; ca. 4,000 m asl: Kilimanjaro Region, Kilimanjaro National Park, Barranco trail, above tree line, slow running ice covered brooklet, benthos sample. Van Rompu et al. (1991a)
Record numbers. Tanzania: 2; total: 2.
Remarks. The African records of this species, all of which lack details of egg structure, appear anomalous alongside the mainly Arctic and sub-Arctic localities in Greenland (McInnes 1994) and Canada (Collins & Bateman 2001, Van Rompu et al. 1991b, 2000), and require confirmation.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Macrobiotidae
- Genus
- Murrayon
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Parachela
- Phylum
- Tardigrada
- Scientific name authorship
- Kristensen
- Species
- dianeae
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Murrayon dianeae (Kristensen, 1982) sec. Kaczmarek, 2017
References
- Kristensen, R. M. (1982) New aberrant eutardigrades from homothermic springs on Disko Island, West Greenland. In: Nelson, D. R. (Ed.), PRoceedings of the ThiRd InteRnational Symposium on TaRdigRada. East Tennessee State UniveRsity PRess, Johnson City, Tennessee, 1982, 203 - 220.
- Van Rompu, E. A., De Smet, W. H. & Bafort, J. M. (1991 a) Some freshwater tardigrades from the Kilimanjaro. Naturwetenschappelijk Tijdschrift, 73, 55 - 62.
- 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
- Collins, M. & Bateman, L. (2001) The ecological distribution of tardigrades in Newfoundland. ZoologischeR AnzeigeR, 240 (3 - 4), 291 - 297. https: // doi. org / 10.1078 / 0044 - 5231 - 00036
- Van Rompu, E. A., De Smet, W. H. & Bafort, J. M. (1991 b) Contributions to the Tardigrada of the Canadian High Arctic. 2. Freshwater tardigrades from Little Cornwallis Island, Northwest territories, Canada. Biologisch JaaRboek Dodonaea, 59, 132 - 140.
- Van Rompu, E. A., De Smet W. H. & Beyens L. (2000) Tardigrada from Victoria Island, Arctic Canada. Biologisch JaaRboek Dodonaea, 67, 124 - 137.