Minibiotus hufelandioides
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Description
154. Minibiotus hufelandioides (Murray, 1910) [T]
Macrobiotus hufelandioides Murray (?), Macrobiotus hufelandioides Murray (Murray 1913) Macrobiotus hufelandioides Murray, 1910 (Van Rompu et al. 1991a)
Terra typica: Australia
Kenya:
• 00°01′S, 37°54′E: Undefined locality, British East Africa [Kenya], moss. Murray (1913)
Republic of South Africa:
• 23°50′S, 29°59′E; 1,450 m asl: North Transvaal [Limpopo Province], Woodbush [Woodbush Forest Reserve]. Murray (1913)
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, pH 5.5, water temperature 12°C, benthos sample. Van Rompu et al. (1991a)
Uganda:
• 01°22′N, 32°17′E: Undefined locality, moss. Murray (1913)
Record numbers. Kenya: 1, Republic of South Africa: 1, Tanzania: 1, Uganda: 1; total: 4.
Remarks. Known from several disjunct localities (McInnes 1994) suggesting a species complex. Murray (1913) described several differences between his African samples and those from the type locale (Australia) concluding that the African examples were, “possibly a distinct species”. These comments and more recently described African conspecifics suggests the presence of this taxon in Africa needs confirmation.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Macrobiotidae
- Genus
- Minibiotus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Parachela
- Phylum
- Tardigrada
- Scientific name authorship
- Murray
- Species
- hufelandioides
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Minibiotus hufelandioides (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.
- 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
- Van Rompu, E. A., De Smet, W. H. & Bafort, J. M. (1991 a) Some freshwater tardigrades from the Kilimanjaro. Naturwetenschappelijk Tijdschrift, 73, 55 - 62.
- 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