Macrobiotus crenulatus Richters 1904
- Dataset
- Tardigrades from Portugal: four new records and description of two new species
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Tardigrada
- class
- Eutardigrada
- order
- Parachela
- family
- Macrobiotidae
- genus
- Macrobiotus
- species
- Macrobiotus crenulatus
distribution
Distribution: Species widely distributed in Europe and North America.
materials_examined
Material examined: Three specimens (body length 229.3 – 280.4 µm) collected from a moss sample at Amarante were mounted in Hoyer’s medium. The species, described by Richters in 1904 and considered as subspecies of M. echinogenitus by the same author in 1911, has been considered bona species by Binda (1988).
Name
- Homonyms
- Macrobiotus crenulatus Richters 1904