Pseudechiniscus facettalis Petersen 1951
- Dataset
- Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Kaczmarek, Łukasz (2017): Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa. Zootaxa 4284 (1): 1-74, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4284.1.1
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Tardigrada
- class
- Heterotardigrada
- order
- Echiniscoidea
- family
- Echiniscidae
- genus
- Pseudechiniscus
- species
- Pseudechiniscus facettalis
description
• 00 ° 10 ′ S, 37 ° 18 ′ E; 4,270 m asl: Nyeri County, Mount Kenya National Park, Mount Kenya, Teleki Tarn, small effluent and shallow pond, silt, sediments and sandy gravel. Haspeslagh (1982) Tunisia: • 36 ° 43 ' 19 '' N, 08 ° 43 ' 30 '' E; 474 m asl: Jendouba Governorate, Beni M'tir, forest, moss on soil. Gąsiorek et al. (2017) Record numbers. Kenya: 1, Tunisia: 1; total: 2.
discussion
Remarks. A widespread taxon (McInnes 1994 a), in the suillus species complex. Only two individuals were identified in Kenyan samples and from a non-typical (aquatic) habitat, which coupled with the type locality (Greenland) indicates this African record requires re- examination.