Tardigrades from northwestern Patagonia (Neuquén Province, Argentina) with the description of three new species Author Rossi, Gustavo Author Claps, Maria Author Ardohain, Diego text Zootaxa 2009 2095 21 36 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.187610 8eba3231-5de0-43d1-a9ee-8521599f568f 1175-5326 187610 Echiniscus merokensis Richters, 1904 Our finding disagrees with Kristensen’s (1987) suggestion about the restricted preference of this species to a soil habitat. This species is considered cosmopolitan ( McInnes, 1994 ; Fontoura et al ., 2008 ). In Argentina , E. merokensis was previously recorded in Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego ( Claps et al. , 2008 ).