Echiniscus mediantus Marcus 1930
- Dataset
- Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Tardigrada
- class
- Heterotardigrada
- order
- Echiniscoidea
- family
- Echiniscidae
- genus
- Echiniscus
- species
- Echiniscus mediantus
description
Morocco: • 33 ° 04 ′ N, 05 ° 00 ′ W; 2,000 m asl [2,100 m asl]: Meknès-Tafilalet Region, near Aguelmane de Si-Ali (Col du Zad) [Aguelmame Sidi Ali lake], scattered basalt blocks (lava field) lying on the shores of the lake, mosses taken on basalt blocks. Ramløv & Kristensen (1985) Record numbers. Morocco: 1; total: 1.
discussion
Remarks. With reports mainly from Europe, Greenland and Morocco (McInnes 1994), this species has a Palaearctic distribution.
Name
- Homonyms
- Echiniscus mediantus Marcus 1930