Tetrakentron synaptae Cuenot 1892
- Dataset
- The Zoogeography of Marine Tardigrada
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Tardigrada
- class
- Heterotardigrada
- order
- Arthrotardigrada
- family
- Halechiniscidae
- genus
- Tetrakentron
- species
- Tetrakentron synaptae
description
Tetrakentron synaptae nov. gen., nov. sp. (Cuénot 1892) Tetrakentron synaptae (Kristensen 1980) Terra typica: Celtic Sea (France, Europe) Celtic Sea: • 48 ° 44 ′ N, 03 ° 59 ′ W; 0 m bsl: [FAO 27] Type Locality: France, Brittany Region, Roscoff, from peribuccal tentacles of the holothurian Leptosynapta galliennei. Cuénot (1892, 1932), Marcus (1928 b, 1929, 1936), Barel & Kramers (1970), Land, van der (1975) • 48 ° 44 ′ N, 03 ° 59 ′ W; 0 m bsl: [FAO 27] France, Brittany Region, Roscoff, Roscoff Marine Biological Station. Jørgensen et al. (2010) • 48 ° 43 ′ N, 03 ° 58 ′ W; 0 m bsl: [FAO 27] France, Brittany Region, E of Roscoff, rocky Madeira beach, from Leptosynapta galliennei. Kristensen (1980) • 48 ° 42 ′ N, 03 ° 47 ′ W; 0 m bsl: [FAO 27] France, Brittany Region, coast of NW Brittany, Terrénèz, from Leptosynapta galliennei. Barel & Kramers (1970), Land, van der (1975) • 48 ° 39 ′ N, 02 ° 02 ′ W; 0 m bsl: [FAO 27] France, Brittany Region, probably St. Malo [Saint-Malo]. Thulin (1942), Land, van der (1975) Record numbers (Sea / Ocean classification): Celtic Sea: 5; total: 5. Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO 27: 5; total: 5.
discussion
Remarks: This is a monotypic genus that is closely related to the genus Styraconyx (based on claw structure) (Land, van der 1975, Kristensen & Higgins 1984 a). It is a parasitic species associated exclusively with the holothurian Leptosynapta galliennei (for more details on the biology of this species see Kristensen (1980 )). This species has been found only in Roscoff and a few neighbouring sites off the Brittany coast.
Name
- Homonyms
- Tetrakentron synaptae Cuenot 1892