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
).