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Echiniscus merokensis Kaczmarek 2017, sensu lato

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25. Echiniscus merokensis Richters, 1904b sensu lato [T]

Echiniscus merokensis Richt (Marcus 1928)

Terra typica: Norway (Europe)

?Africa:

• 23°30′N, 12°00′E: Undefined locality, N Africa. Marcus (1928), Rahm (1928)

Algeria:

• 36°53′N, 07°39′E; 800 m asl: Annaba Province, Massif of Eldough [Edough Mountains]. Binda & Pilato (1987)

• 36°40′N, 04°36′E; 1,400 m asl: Tizi Ouzou Province, Akfadou Forest. Binda & Pilato (1987)

• 36°38′N, 05°45′E; 1,200 m asl: Jijel Province, M’Sid-Ech-Cheta (Texenna Pass). Binda & Pilato (1987)

Record numbers. ?Africa: 1, Algeria: 3; total 4.

Remarks. The morphological descriptions of E. merokensis in various reports exhibit a great deal of variation, suggestive of a species complex (see: Ramazzotti & Maucci 1983). However, most of the records (including the type locality) are Holarctic (McInnes 1994), which implies the records from other regions need confirmation.

Notes

Published as part of Kaczmarek, Łukasz, 2017, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa, pp. 1-74 in Zootaxa 4284 (1) on pages 13-14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4284.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1010400

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03ED740D321B7E48FF6BF8456C42FD81

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4284.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/1010400 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFD40C7532177E45FFFCFFEB6D1DFF96 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/1CD17B31-E3D0-4BFB-8B69-144D97949038 (URL)
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https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/03ED740D321B7E48FF6BF8456C42FD81 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/135435543 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/31842/taxon/03ED740D321B7E48FF6BF8456C42FD81.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Echiniscidae
Genus
Echiniscus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Echiniscoidea
Phylum
Tardigrada
Scientific name authorship
Kaczmarek
Species
merokensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Echiniscus merokensis , 2017

References

  • Richters, F. (1904 b) Arktische Tardigraden. Fauna ARctica, 3, 495 - 508.
  • Marcus, E. (1928) Spinnentiere oder Arachoides. IV Bartierchen (Tardigrada). TieRwelt Deutschlands und deR angRenzenden MeeResteile Jena, 12, 1 - 230.
  • Ramazzotti, G. & Maucci, W. (1983) Il Phylum Tardigrada. MemoRie dell'Istituto Italiano di IdRobiologia, 41, 1 - 1012.
  • 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