Echiniscus merokensis Kaczmarek 2017
- 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
- Echiniscus
- species
- Echiniscus merokensis
description
Echiniscus merokensis Richt (Marcus 1928) Terra typica: Norway (Europe)? Africa: • 23 ° 30 ′ N, 12 ° 00 ′ E: Undefined locality, N Africa. Marcus (1928), Rahm (1928) Algeria: • 36 ° 53 ′ N, 07 ° 39 ′ E; 800 m asl: Annaba Province, Massif of Eldough [Edough Mountains]. Binda & Pilato (1987) • 36 ° 40 ′ N, 04 ° 36 ′ E; 1,400 m asl: Tizi Ouzou Province, Akfadou Forest. Binda & Pilato (1987) • 36 ° 38 ′ N, 05 ° 45 ′ E; 1,200 m asl: Jijel Province, M’Sid-Ech-Cheta (Texenna Pass). Binda & Pilato (1987) Record numbers.? Africa: 1, Algeria: 3; total 4.
discussion
Remarks. The morphological descriptions of E. merokensis in various reports exhibit a great deal of variation, suggestive of a species complex (see: Ramazzotti & Maucci 1983). However, most of the records (including the type locality) are Holarctic (McInnes 1994), which implies the records from other regions need confirmation.
Name
- Homonyms
- Echiniscus merokensis Kaczmarek 2017