Echiniscus canadensis Murray 1910
- 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 canadensis
description
Algeria: • 34 ° 40 ′ N, 06 ° 11 ′ E; 0 m asl: Biskra Province, 30 km from Biskra, El Oued [Zeribet el Oued]. Binda & Pilato (1987) 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 on basalt blocks. Ramløv & Kristensen (1985) • 30 ° 27 ′ N, 07 ° 32 ′ W; 1,850 m asl: Souss-Massa-Drâa Region, Tizi-n-Taghatine, sparse vegetation, mosses and lichens on isolated basalt cliffs. Ramløv & Kristensen (1985) Record numbers. Algeria: 1, Morocco: 2; total: 3.
discussion
Remarks. Species with a typical Holarctic distribution, widely distributed in Europe and North America (McInnes 1994) (the uncertain records from Argentina need confirmation – Kaczmarek et al. 2015).
Name
- Homonyms
- Echiniscus canadensis Murray 1910