Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America
Author
Kaczmarek, Łukasz
Author
Michalczyk, Łukasz
Author
Mcinnes, Sandra J.
text
Zootaxa
2015
3923
1
1
107
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3923.1.1
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1175-5326
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46.
Echiniscus tenuis
Marcus, 1928
[T]
E.
(
E
)
tenuis
(
Marcus, 1928
)
(du
Bois-Reymond Marcus 1944
)
Terra typica
: Lombok (
Indonesia
)
Brazil
:
•
22°44′S
,
45°35′W
;
1,650 m
asl
: São Paulo State, Campos do Jordão, mosses or aquatic plants.
du
Bois-Reymond Marcus (1944)
Record numbers:
Brazil
: 1;
total: 1.
Remarks:
The only known
Echiniscus
species with smooth, unsculptured dorsal plates. The presence of cirri
A
and no other dorsal appendages would place this species in the
arctomys
group. However, the lack of spine fringe and spurs on leg VI suggest this probably belongs to a different genus and requires further investigation. Currently known only from
Indonesia
and
Brazil
.