Acutuncus antarcticus Kaczmarek 2017, sensu lato
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Description
75. Acutuncus antarcticus (Richters, 1904d) sensu lato [T/F]
Hypsibius cf. antarcticus (Richters, 1904) (Van Rompu et al. 1991a)
Terra typica: Gaussberg, Wilhelm II Land (Antarctica)
Tanzania:
• 03°17′S, 37°31′E; ca. 1,500 m asl: Kilimanjaro Region, Kilimanjaro National Park, Marangu gate, rain forest, below tree line, river benthos sample. Van Rompu et al. (1991a)
Record numbers. Tanzania: 1; total: 1.
Remarks. The description in Van Rompu et al. (1991a), was based on a single specimen displaying a deformed pharyngeal bulb with the macroplacoids and microplacoid situated towards the anterior of the bulb. Such a description had been thought to indicate the species ‘ antarcticus ’ but was subsequently recognised as either pre-simplex form or a mounting anomaly (Dastych 1991). The presence of a microplacoid indicates this was not Acutuncus antarcticus but was probably a Hypsibius spp. Therefore, the actual presence of Acutuncus antarcticus in Africa needs to be confirmed.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Hypsibiidae
- Genus
- Acutuncus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Parachela
- Phylum
- Tardigrada
- Scientific name authorship
- Kaczmarek
- Species
- antarcticus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Acutuncus antarcticus , 2017
References
- Richters, F. (1904 d) Vorlaufiger Bericht uber die antarktische Moosfauna. VeRhandlungen deR Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft, 1904, 236 - 239.
- Van Rompu, E. A., De Smet, W. H. & Bafort, J. M. (1991 a) Some freshwater tardigrades from the Kilimanjaro. Naturwetenschappelijk Tijdschrift, 73, 55 - 62.
- Dastych, H. (1991) Redescription of Hypsibius antaRcticus (Richters, 1904), with some notes on Hypsibius aRcticus (Murray, 1907) (Tardigrada). Mitteilungen aus dem HambuRgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut, 88, 141 - 159.