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Hypsibius arcticus Kaczmarek 2017, sensu lato

Description

52. Hypsibius arcticus (Murray, 1907c) sensu lato [T]

M. arcticus ? Murray (Murray 1907a)

Macrobiotus arcticus Murray (Murray 1913)

Terra typica: Franz Josef Land (Russia)

Kenya:

01°15′S, 36°41′E; 2,000 m asl: Kiambu County, Kikuyu, moss. Murray (1913) Republic of South Africa:

25°45′S, 28°11′E; 1,300 m asl: Gauteng Province, Pretoria, moss. Murray (1913)29°44′S, 22°44′E: Undefined locality, Cape Colony [Cape Province]. Murray (1907a) Uganda:

01°22′N, 32°17′E: Undefined locality. Murray (1913)

Record numbers. Kenya: 1. Republic of South Africa: 2, Uganda: 1; total: 4.

Remarks. Described as ‘ arcticus ’ by Murray (1907a; 1913) in both references there is a confusion between the species described as ‘ arcticus ’ and ‘ antarcticus ’. Murray (1907a) reported a single egg, similar to Macrobiotus hastatus that was smaller but with fewer and thicker rods (i.e. comparing with Acutuncus antarcticus egg description) from the Cape Colony. Later Murray (1913) indicated a “supposed egg of this species…” from Uganda (not Cape Colony) and “an animal like the adult of the species…” from Kikuyu. This species confusion and other limited information means the ‘African’ Hypsibius arcticus should be considered questionable and requiring verification.

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 23-24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4284.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1010400

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Hypsibiidae
Genus
Hypsibius
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Parachela
Phylum
Tardigrada
Scientific name authorship
Kaczmarek
Species
arcticus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Hypsibius arcticus , 2017

References

  • Murray, J. (1907 c) Arctic Tardigrada, collected by Wm. S. Bruce. TRansactions of the Royal Society of EdinbuRgh, 45, 669 - 681. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0080456800011789
  • Murray, J. (1907 a) Some South African Tardigrada. JouRnal of the Royal MicRoscopical Society, 5, 515 - 524. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2818.1907. tb 01665. x
  • Murray, J. (1913) African Tardigrada. JouRnal of the Royal MicRoscopical Society, 2, 136 - 144. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2818.1913. tb 01014. x