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Styraconyx paulae Robotti 1971

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Description

114. Styraconyx paulae Robotti, 1971

Styraconyx paulae spec. nov. (Robotti 1971)

Terra typica: Tyrrhenian Sea (Europe, Italy)

Tyrrhenian Sea:

• 38°48′N, 15°15′E; 2 m bsl: [FAO37] Type locality: Italy, Aeolian Islands, Stromboli Island, submerged ravine, from scleractinian coral (Coenocyathus dohrni Död.). Robotti (1971)

Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): Tyrrhenian Sea: 1; total: 1.

Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO37: 1; total: 1.

Remarks: This species belongs to the sargassi group and is very similar to S. sargassi. The original description was based on a single specimen, and it is known only from the type locality. However, Pollock (1983) suggested that some specimens attributed to B. tetronyx should be recognised as Styraconyx paulae. But, these B. tetronyx specimens were attributed by Renaud-Mornant (1967b) to S. sargassi, although later Pollock’s interpretation was confirmed by Kristensen & Higgins (1984a). In conclusion, this species is known from only one specimen, its diagnosis is uncertain, and the species is in need of redescription.

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 page 106, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4037.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/233519

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Identifiers

URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/A5435063FFF7FFF8FF18FAA2FB96F8CB

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4037.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/233519 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/597A281BFF9EFF91FF8FFFBCFFFFFFCD (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/670819B1-3840-4C0A-ABFF-4D5AE3A263C0 (URL)
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https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/A5435063FFF7FFF8FF18FAA2FB96F8CB (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/119643776 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/39484/taxon/A5435063FFF7FFF8FF18FAA2FB96F8CB.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Halechiniscidae
Genus
Styraconyx
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Arthrotardigrada
Phylum
Tardigrada
Scientific name authorship
Robotti
Species
paulae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Styraconyx paulae Robotti, 1971 sec. Kaczmarek, Bartels, Roszkowska & Nelson, 2015

References

  • Robotti, C. (1971) Nuova specie di tardigrado marino: Styraconyx paulae (Heterotardigrada). Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria, 4, 1 - 3.
  • Pollock, L. W. (1983) A closer look at some marine Heterotardigrada. II: The morphology and taxonomy of Bathyechiniscus, with a description of B. craticulus n. sp. from the Caribbean. The Bulletin of Marine Science, 33, 109 - 117.
  • Renaud-Mornant, J. (1967 b) Tardigrades de la Baie Saint-Vincent, Nouvelle-Caledonie. In: Expedition francaise sur les recifs coralliens de la Nouvelle-Caledonie. Fondation Singer-Polignac, Paris, 12, 103 - 118.
  • Kristensen, R. M. & Higgins, R. P. (1984 a) Revision of Styraconyx (Tardigrada: Halechiniscidae) with description of two new species from Disko Bay, West Greenland. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 391, 1 - 40.