Macrobiotus ovostriatus Pilato & Patane 1998
Description
175. Macrobiotus ovostriatus Pilato & Patanè, 1998 [T]
Macrobiotus ovostriatus sp. n. (Pilato & Patanè 1998)
Terra typica: Argentina (South America)
Argentina:
• 54°17′S, 66°42′W; 50 m asl: Type Locality: Tierra del Fuego Province, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, Peninsula Mitre, Cabo San Pablo, moss and lichen. Pilato & Patanè (1998)
• 54°47′S, 68°16′W; 100 m asl: Tierra del Fuego Province, Peninsula Mitre, Rio Pipo. Pilato & Patanè (1998)
Record numbers: Argentina: 2; total: 2.
Remarks: This species belongs to the Macrobiotus harmsworthi group, which requires a careful examination to ensure correct identification (see Kaczmarek et al. 2011 for a diagnostic key to the group). Currently, Macrobiotus ovostriatus has been reported from Tierra del Fuego and an egg from sub-Antarctic South Georgia.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Macrobiotidae
- Genus
- Macrobiotus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Parachela
- Phylum
- Tardigrada
- Scientific name authorship
- Pilato & Patane
- Species
- ovostriatus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Macrobiotus ovostriatus Pilato, 1998 sec. Kaczmarek, Michalczyk & Mcinnes, 2015
References
- Pilato, G. & Patane, M. (1998) Macrobiotus ovostriatus, a new species of eutardigrade from Tierra del Fuego. Bollettino delle sedute della Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali in Catania, 30, 353, 263 - 268.
- Kaczmarek, L., Goldyn, B., Prokop, Z. M. & Michalczyk, L. (2011) New records of Tardigrada from Bulgaria with the description of Macrobiotus binieki sp. nov. (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) and a key to the species of the harmsworthi group. Zootaxa, 2781, 29 - 39.