Published November 3, 2010 | Version v1
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Echiniscus testudo

Description

Echiniscus testudo (Doyère, 1840)

Material examined. Localities: Nos. 1, 2, 26 and 29 (29 specimens).

Specimens both with and without the filament B were found in the locality Nos. 1 and 2. In locality Nos. 26 and 29 only specimens without B were found. This species, already reported for Palestine (both Israel and Jordan), is considered cosmopolitan.

Notes

Published as part of Pilato, Giovanni, Lisi, Oscar & Binda, Maria Grazia, 2010, Tardigrades of Israel with description of four new species, pp. 1-28 in Zootaxa 2665 on page 10

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Doyere
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Tardigrada
Order
Echiniscoidea
Family
Echiniscidae
Genus
Echiniscus
Species
testudo
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Echiniscus testudo (Doyere, 1840) sec. Pilato, Lisi & Binda, 2010

References

  • Doyere, M. L. (1840) Memoire sur les Tardigrades. Annales des sciences naturelles, Serie 2, 14, 269 - 361.