Raiarctus colurus Renaud-Mornant 1981
- Dataset
- The Zoogeography of Marine Tardigrada
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Tardigrada
- class
- Heterotardigrada
- order
- Arthrotardigrada
- family
- Halechiniscidae
- genus
- Raiarctus
- species
- Raiarctus colurus
description
Raiarctus colurus n. sp. (Renaud-Mornant 1981 a)
discussion
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.