Echiniscus ranzii Ramazzotti 1964
- Dataset
- Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Tardigrada
- class
- Heterotardigrada
- order
- Echiniscoidea
- family
- Echiniscidae
- genus
- Echiniscus
- species
- Echiniscus ranzii
description
Echiniscus (Echiniscus) ranzii spec nov. (Ramazzotti 1964 a) Terra typica: Chile (South America) Chile: • 22 ° 30 ′ S, 67 ° 54 ′ W; 4,600 m asl: Type Locality: Region II Antofagasta, Cerro Pajonal, near Bolivian border, lichen on rocks. Ramazzotti (1964 a) Record numbers: Chile: 1; total: 1.
discussion
Remarks: The species belongs to a Neotropical and Antarctic bigranulatus group and could easily be mistaken for other members of the group (Michalczyk & Kaczmarek 2006 a, 2007). It is currently endemic to Chile. See also remarks to E. bigranulatus above.
Name
- Homonyms
- Echiniscus ranzii Ramazzotti 1964