Milnesium tardigradum subsp. sensu
- Dataset
- Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America
- Rank
- SUBSPECIES
- Published in
- Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz, Mcinnes, Sandra J. (2015): Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America. Zootaxa 3923 (1): 1-107, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3923.1.1
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Tardigrada
- class
- Heterotardigrada
- order
- Phyllodocida
- family
- Aphroditidae
- genus
- Milnesium
description
Milnesium tardigradum Doyère (Richters 1911 a)
discussion
Remarks: For over 150 years Milnesium was considered to be a monotypic, highly cosmopolitan genus. However, current research recognises over twenty congeners and suggests that Milnesium tardigradum sensu stricto is limited to the Palaearctic (see: Michalczyk et al. 2012 a, b). All South American reports for M. tardigradum predate the re-description of M. tardigradum sensu stricto (Michalczyk et al. 2012 a, b) and therefore these records should be considered dubious and require re-examination using modern taxonomy. Currently there is no evidence that M. tardigradum s. s. occurs in South America, and the above list probably represents a number of different Milnesium species (Michalczyk et al. 2012 a, b).
Name
- Homonyms
- Milnesium tardigradum subsp. sensu