Macrobiotus andinus Maucci 1988
- Dataset
- Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Tardigrada
- class
- Heterotardigrada
- order
- Parachela
- family
- Macrobiotidae
- genus
- Macrobiotus
- species
- Macrobiotus andinus
description
Macrobiotus andinus sp. nov. (Maucci 1988) Terra typica: Chile and Argentina (South America) Argentina: • 50 ° 06 ′ S, 73 ° 18 ′ W; 200 m asl: Type Locality: Santa Cruz Province, Los Glaciares National Park, shores of Argentino Lake, near the Onelli glacier, Nothofagus forests, in the shade, mosses and lichens on trees and rocks. Maucci (1988) Chile: • 51 ° 34 ′ S, 72 ° 36 ′ W; 200 m asl: Region XII Magallanes (Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena), Ultima Esperanza, near Cueva del Milodón, mosses on rocks, in sunlight. Maucci (1988) • 51 ° 44 ′ S, 72 ° 30 ′ W; 0 m asl: Region XII Magallanes (Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena), Puerto Natales, mosses on trees and rocks. Maucci (1988) • 53 ° 38 ′ S, 70 ° 59 ′ W; 50 m asl: Region XII Magallanes (Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena), San Juan (Punta Arenas), mosses on soil. Binda & Pilato (1999 b) • 55 ° 14 ′ S, 66 ° 33 ′ W; 200 m asl: Tierra del Fuego Province, Isla Nueva, mosses on soil. Binda & Pilato (1999 b) Record numbers: Argentina: 1; Chile: 4; total: 5.
discussion
Remarks: Currently endemic to South America.
Name
- Homonyms
- Macrobiotus andinus Maucci 1988