Echiniscus canadensis Murray 1910
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14. Echiniscus canadensis Murray, 1910 [T]
E. canadensis (Ramløv & Kristensen 1985)
Terra typica: Canada (North America)
Algeria:
• 34°40′N, 06°11′E; 0 m asl: Biskra Province, 30 km from Biskra, El Oued [Zeribet el Oued]. Binda & Pilato (1987)
Morocco:
• 33°04′N, 05°00′W; 2,000 m asl [2,100 m asl]: Meknès-Tafilalet Region, near Aguelmane de Si-Ali (Col du Zad) [Aguelmame Sidi Ali Lake], scattered basalt blocks (lava field) lying on the shores of the lake, mosses on basalt blocks. Ramløv & Kristensen (1985)
• 30°27′N, 07°32′W; 1,850 m asl: Souss-Massa-Drâa Region, Tizi-n-Taghatine, sparse vegetation, mosses and lichens on isolated basalt cliffs. Ramløv & Kristensen (1985)
Record numbers. Algeria: 1, Morocco: 2; total: 3.
Remarks. Species with a typical Holarctic distribution, widely distributed in Europe and North America (McInnes 1994) (the uncertain records from Argentina need confirmation – Kaczmarek et al. 2015).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Echiniscidae
- Genus
- Echiniscus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Echiniscoidea
- Phylum
- Tardigrada
- Scientific name authorship
- Murray
- Species
- canadensis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Echiniscus canadensis Murray, 1910 sec. Kaczmarek, 2017
References
- Murray, J. (1910) Tardigrada. British Antarctic Expedition 1907 - 1909. RepoRts on the Scientific Investigations, 1 (Biology, Part V), 83 - 187.
- Ramlov, H. & Kristensen, R. M. (1985) Bjornedyr, Tardigrada. Marokko - 1985. Dansk NatuRhistoRisk FoRenings Rejse til MaRokko, 8 - 22 ApRil 1985, pp. 27 - 32.
- 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
- Kaczmarek, L, Michalczyk, L. & McInnes, S. J. (2015) Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America. Zootaxa, 3923 (1), 1 - 107. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3923.1.1