Ramazzottius szeptycki
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78. Ramazzottius szeptycki (Dastych, 1980) [T]
Ramazzottius szeptyckii (Dastych, 1980) (Van Rompu et al. (1991a)
Ramazzottius szepticki (Dastych 1980) (Pilato et al. 1991, Binda & Pilato 1995a) Terra typica: Republic of South Africa (Africa)
Republic of South Africa:
• 25°11′S, 30°46′E; ca. 1,400 m asl: Type Locality: Mpumalanga Province, Hendriksdaal, ravine of Palmer’s Creek, moss on rock. Dastych (1980)
• 28°57′S, 29°11′E; 1,600 m asl: KwaZulu-Natal Province, Drakensberg Mountains, Cathedral Peak area, Indumeni Forest, moss on rock. Dastych (2009)
• 29°18′S, 30°14′E; 1,300 m asl: KwaZulu-Natal Province, Karkloof Nature Reserve, Rockwood House, mosses and lichens on tree. Dastych (2009)
Tanzania:
• 03°09′S, 35°29′E: Undefined locality, Arusha Region, Ngorongoro Volcano, mosses. Pilato et al. (1991)
• 03°12′S, 37°31′E; 2,200–2,400 m asl: Kilimanjaro Region, near Marangu [gate], outskirts of the entrance of Kilimanjaro National Park, mosses. Binda & Pilato (1995a)
• 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. Republic of South Africa: 3, Tanzania: 3; total: 6.
Remarks. This species has a limited distribution in southern and eastern Africa.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Hypsibiidae
- Genus
- Ramazzottius
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Parachela
- Phylum
- Tardigrada
- Scientific name authorship
- Dastych
- Species
- szeptycki
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Ramazzottius szeptycki (Dastych, 1980) sec. Kaczmarek, 2017
References
- Dastych, H. (1980) Hypsibius szeptycki sp. nov., a new species of Tardigrada from South Africa. Bulletin de l'Academie Polonaise des Sciences, 27, 505 - 508.
- Van Rompu, E. A., De Smet, W. H. & Bafort, J. M. (1991 a) Some freshwater tardigrades from the Kilimanjaro. Naturwetenschappelijk Tijdschrift, 73, 55 - 62.
- Binda, M. G. & Pilato, G. (1995 a) Some notes on African tardigrades with description of two new species. TRopical Zoology, 8, 367 - 372. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 03946975.1995.10539294
- Dastych, H. (2009) Notes on the African limno-terrestrial tardigrade Ramazzottius szeptycki (Dastych, 1980) (Tardigrada). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum HambuRg, 15, 87 - 91.