Echiniscus testudo subsp. sensu Kaczmarek, Michalczyk & Mcinnes, 2015, sensu
Description
47. Echiniscus testudo (Doyère, 1840) sensu lato [T] [m]
Echiniscus spec. (Heinis 1914)
Echiniscus testudo Doy., 1840 var. trifilis Rahm, 1925 (Rahm 1931, 1932) Echiniscus testudo Doy. (Iharos 1969)
E. (E.) testudo (Doy, 1840) (Rossi & Claps 1989) E. testudo (Garitano-Zavala 1996)
Terra typica: France (Europe)
Argentina:
• 43°42′S, 66°29′W; 150 m asl: Chubut Province, Dique Florentino Ameghino, mosses on rocky soil (2 samples). Rossi & Claps (1989)
• 49°20′S, 72°53′W; 400 m asl: Santa Cruz Province, El Chaltén, Hosteria Fitz Roy, lichens and mosses on soil. Rossi & Claps (1989)
• 50°28′S, 73°01′W; 300 m asl: Santa Cruz Province, Los Glaciares National Park, Perito Moreno glacier, lichens and mosses on soil. Rossi & Claps (1989)
Bolivia
• 16°11′S, 68°35′W; 3,680–4,000 m asl: La Paz, Cordillera de la Real de los Andes, Huarina, moorland floor, cushion moss. Garitano-Zavala (1995, 1996)
Brazil:
• 23°32′S, 46°38′W; 750 m asl: São Paulo State, neighbourhood of São Paulo, mosses. Rahm (1931, 1932)
Chile:
• 18°11′S, 69°13′W; 4,800 m asl [4,550 m asl]: Region XV Arica y Parinacota, Laguna La Cotacotani, leaf litter. Iharos (1969)
• 36°36′S, 72°06′W; 150 m asl: Region VIII Biobío (Región del Biobío), neighbourhood of Chillán, mosses. Rahm (1931, 1932)
• 36°48′S, 73°01′W; 0 m asl: Region VIII Biobío (Región del Biobío), neighbourhood of Concepción, mosses. Rahm (1931, 1932)
• 38°44′S, 72°35′W; 100 m asl: Region IX Araucania (Región de la Araucanía), neighbourhood of Temuco, mosses. Rahm (1931, 1932)
• 42°37′S, 73°49′W; 100 m asl: Region X Los Lagos (Región de Los Lagos), Chiloé Island, mosses. Rahm (1931, 1932)
• 55°03′S, 68°09′W; 0 m asl: Region XII Magallanes (Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena), Navarino Island, Puerto Wualaia [Puerto Wulaia], mosses. Rahm (1931, 1932)
Colombia:
• 07°09′N, 75°23′W; 1,400 m asl: Antioquia Department, Cafetal La Camelia, mosses (Leucobryum sp.) and Brachythecium stereopama (Spruge) (2 samples). Heinis (1914), Marcus (1936)
• 06°16′N, 75°31′W; 2,550 m asl: Antioquia Department, laguna above Medellín, hepatic (Plagiochila ovifolia Steph.) on dry leaves. Heinis (1914), Marcus (1936)
• 04°24′N, 76°12′W; 1,600 m asl: Valle del Cauca Department, El Canon near El Aguacate, hepatics (Frullania longicolla L. & G. and Taxilejeunea prominata (Gottsche)). Heinis (1914), Marcus (1936)
• 02°44′N, 76°50′W; 2,000 m asl: Cauca Department, above Tambo, moss (Thuidium sp.) and hepatic (Frullania coalita Steph.). Heinis (1914), Marcus (1936)
Record numbers: Argentina: 3, Bolivia: 1, Brazil: 1, Chile: 6, Colombia: 4; total: 15.
Remarks: Specimens from Columbia were cited by Heinis (1914) as Echiniscus spec. and later attributed by Marcus (1936) to E. testudo. A very wide geographic range (McInnes 1994a, Jørgensen et al. 2007), suggests a species complex and, therefore, all South American records should be verified.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Echiniscidae
- Genus
- Echiniscus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Echiniscoidea
- Phylum
- Tardigrada
- Species
- sensu
- Taxon rank
- subSpecies
- Taxonomic concept label
- Echiniscus testudo subsp. sensu Kaczmarek, Michalczyk & Mcinnes, 2015
References
- Doyere, P. L. N. (1840) Memoire sur les Tardigrades. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Series 2 (Zoologie), 14, 269 - 362.
- Heinis, F. (1914) Die Moosfauna Columbiens. Memoires de la Societe des Sciences Naturelles de Neuchatel, 5, 713 - 724.
- Rahm, G. (1931) Tardigrada of the South of America. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 35, 118 - 141.
- Rahm, G. (1932) Freilebende Nematoden, Rotatorien und Tardigraden aus Sudamerika (besonders aus Chile). Zoologisher Anzeiger, 98, 94 - 128.
- Iharos, G. (1969) The scientific results of the Hungarian soil zoological expeditions to South America: 15. Tardigraden aus den Sammlungen der ersten und zweiten Expedition. Opuscula Zoologica, Budapest, 9, 279 - 289.
- Rossi, G. C. & Claps, M. C. (1989) Contribucion al conocimiento de los Tardigrados de la Argentina V. Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina, 47, 133 - 142.
- Garitano-Zavala, B. A. (1996) Efecto de la humedad microambiental y la altura, sobre la distribucion de la Tardigradifauna Muscicola (Phylum Tardigrada) en la vertiente occidental de la Cordillera Real de los Andes (La Paz, Bolivia). Ecologia en Bolivia, 26, 1 - 48.
- Garitano-Zavala, A. B. (1995) Primer reporte de las especies de tardigrados muscicolas (Phylum Tardigrada) presentes en la vertiente occidental de Cordillera Real de los Andes (La Paz - Bolivia), Ecologia en Bolivia, 24, 1 - 39.
- Marcus, E. (1936) Tardigrada. Das Tierreich, 66, 1 - 340.
- McInnes, S. J. (1994 a) Zoogeographic distribution of terrestrial / freshwater tardigrades from current literature. Journal of Natural History, 28, 257 - 352. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222939400770131
- Jorgensen, A., Mobjerg, N. & Kristensen, R. M. (2007) A molecular study of the tardigrade Echiniscus testudo (Echiniscidae) reveals low DNA sequence diversity over a large geographic area. Journal of Limnology, 66, 77 - 83. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.4081 / jlimnol. 2007. s 1.77