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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).

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 page 11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4284.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1010400

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03ED740D321D7E4FFF6BFAEF69A8F92D

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/03ED740D321D7E4FFF6BFAEF69A8F92D (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/135435535 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/31842/taxon/03ED740D321D7E4FFF6BFAEF69A8F92D.taxon (URL)

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