Macrobiotus furciger Murray 1906
Description
162. Macrobiotus furciger Murray, 1906b sensu lato [T]
Macrobiotus furcatus Murray (Richters 1908a, Ramazzotti 1964b)
M. furciger (andersoni ?) (Mihelčič 1972)
M. furciger Murray, 1907 (Claps & Rossi 1981)
Terra typica: South Orkney Islands (Southern Ocean)
Argentina:
• 41°11′S, 71°49′W; 1,800 m asl: Rio Negro Province, Nahuel Huapi National Park, Monte Tronador, semi-wet, lichens on rocks, semi-wet, mosses on tree and mosses on soil (3 samples). Claps & Rossi (1981)
• 42°42′S, 70°30′W; 500 m asl: Chubut Province, Gualjaina, semi-wet, mosses on rocks in the mountains. Claps & Rossi (1981)
• 54°48′S, 68°18′W; 50 m asl: Type Locality: Tierra del Fuego Province, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia. Richters (1908a)
• 54°52′S, 67°25′W: 0 m asl: Tierra del Fuego Province, Harberton Bay. Richters (1908a)
• Undefined localities cited according Mihelčič (1967), shaded and wet lichens on tree and dry mosses and lichens on soil in full sun (2 samples). Mihelčič (1972)
Chile:
• 42°37′S, 73°49′W; 50–100 m asl: Region X Los Lagos (Región de Los Lagos), Chiloé Island, mosses (3 samples). Ramazzotti (1964b)
• 55°04′S, 67°37′W: Undefined locality in Region XII Magallanes (Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena), Navarino Island. Richters (1908a)
Record numbers: Argentina: 5, Chile: 2; total: 7.
Remarks: Species of the Macrobiotus furciger -group are reported from localities throughout the world but many require verification according to modern literature (for more details see Binda & Rebecchi 1992 and Binda et al. 2005). Binda et al. (2005), reduced the range of Macrobiotus furciger sensu stricto to the maritime Antarctic and sub-Antarctic South Georgia, suggesting the South American records require confirmation.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Macrobiotidae
- Genus
- Macrobiotus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Parachela
- Phylum
- Tardigrada
- Scientific name authorship
- Murray
- Species
- furciger
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Macrobiotus furciger Murray, 1906 sec. Kaczmarek, Michalczyk & Mcinnes, 2015
References
- Murray, J. (1906 b) Scottish National Antarctic Expedition: Tardigrada of the South Orkneys. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 45, 323 - 339. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1017 / s 0080456800022754
- Richters, F. (1908 a) Moosbewohner. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Sudpolar-Expedition (1901 - 1903), Stockholm, 6, 1 - 16. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 6756
- Ramazzotti, G. (1964 b) Tardigradi del Chile, III, con descrizione delle nuove specie Orella minor e Pseudechiniscus lateromamillatus. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano, 103, 347 - 355.
- Mihelcic, F. (1972) Ein weiterer Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Tardigraden Argentiniens. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch- Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 110 / 111, 47 - 52.
- Claps, M. C. & Rossi, G. C. (1981) Contribucion al conocimiento de los tardigrados de Argentina. II. Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina, 40 (1 - 4), 107 - 114.
- Mihelcic, F. (1967) Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Tardigraden Argentiniens. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch - Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 107, 43 - 56.
- Binda, M. G. & Rebecchi, L. (1992) Precisazioni su Macrobiotus furciger Murray 1906, e descrizione di Macrobiotus pilatoi n. sp. (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae). Animalia, 19, 101 - 109.