The Zoogeography of Marine Tardigrada
Author
Kaczmarek, Łukasz
Author
Bartels, Paul J.
Author
Roszkowska, Milena
Author
Nelson, Diane R.
text
Zootaxa
2015
4037
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1
189
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4037.1.1
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100.
Raiarctus colurus
Renaud-Mornant, 1981a
Raiarctus colurus
n. sp.
(
Renaud-Mornant 1981a
)
Raiarctus colurus
Renaud-Mornant 1981
(Grimaldi de Zio
et al.
1983a)
R. colurus
Renaud-Mornant, 1981 (D’Addabbo
Gallo
et al.
1987
)
Raiarctus colurus
(
Jørgensen
et al.
2010
)
Terra typica
: Caribbean Sea
(
Guadeloupe
Islands)
Adriatic:
•
40
°
27.24′N,
18°14.63′E
[
40°22′N
,
18°20′E
];
10 m
bsl: [FAO37]
Italy
, Lecce Province, Ceisne (Marne protected area), coarse sand.
Accogli
et al.
(2011)
•
40
°
27.17′N,
18°14.58′E
[
40°22′N
,
18°20′E
];
10 m
bsl: [FAO37]
Italy
, Lecce Province, Ceisne (Marne protected area), coarse sand.
Accogli
et al.
(2011)
Atlantic Ocean:
•
61°17′42′′N
,
08°32′18′′W
;
104–260 m
bsl: [FAO27]
Faroe Islands
,
Faroe
Bank, shell gravel, coarse shell gravel, carbonate fine sand, carbonate sand, or fine shell sand.
Hansen
et al.
(2001)
•
16°16′N
,
61°13′W
; 0 m bsl:
[FAO31]
Guadeloupe
Islands, Grande-Terre
Island
, Ilet la Gourde [Anse á la Gourde], beach,
35 cm
deep in sand, coral sand.
Renaud-Mornant (1981a)
Caribbean Sea:
•
16°12.5′N
,
61°29.4′W
/
16°13′N
,
61°29′W
;
0 m bsl:
[FAO31]
Guadeloupe
Islands, Grande-Terre
Island
, Le Gosier, beach, intertidal, fine sand (mean diameter
0.225 mm
).
Renaud-Mornant & Gourbault (1981
, 1984)
•
16°11′40′′N
,
61°29′W
;
0 m bsl:
[FAO31]
Type
Locality:
Guadeloupe
Islands, Grande-Terre
Island
, Le Gosier, beach,
55 cm
deep in sand, coral sand (
0.235 mm
).
Renaud-Mornant (1981a)
Celtic Sea:
•
48°44′N
,
03°59′W
; 0 m bsl:
[FAO27]
France
, Brittany Region, Roscoff, Roscoff Marine Biological Station.
Jørgensen
et al.
(2010)
Ionian Sea:
•
40°29′00′′N
,
17°03′25′′E
;
15 m
bsl: [FAO37]
Italy
, Tarento Province, offshore of Chiatona, Secca dell’Armeleia,
Amphioxus
debris.
Grimaldi de Zio
et al.
(1983a)
•
39°52′00′′N
,
16°42′30′′E
;
20–80 m
bsl: [FAO37]
Italy
, Cosenza Province, High Ionian Sea offshore, Calabrian Coast, Amendolara Shoal, coralligenous sand, coralligenous sand mixed with debris, coarse medium or fine coralligenous sand (few samples).
D’Addabbo
Gallo
et al.
(1987), Grimaldi de
Zio
et al.
(2003)
Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification):
Adriatic Sea: 2, Atlantic Ocean: 2, Caribbean Sea: 2, Celtic Sea: 1, Ionian Sea: 2,;
total: 9.
Record numbers (FAO classification):
FAO27: 2, FAO31: 3, FAO37: 4;
total: 9.
Remarks:
This is a rare species with a disjunct distribution known only from a few intertidal and subtidal localities (sometimes more than
100 m
bsl) in temperate and tropical zones, mainly in the northern hemisphere. It has been recorded from different
types
of sand.