Angursa antarctica Villora-Moreno 1998
- Dataset
- The Zoogeography of Marine Tardigrada
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Tardigrada
- class
- Heterotardigrada
- order
- Arthrotardigrada
- family
- Halechiniscidae
- genus
- Angursa
- species
- Angursa antarctica
description
Angursa antarctica sp. nov. (Villora-Moreno 1998) Terra typica: Scotia Sea (Antarctica) Scotia Sea: • 62 ° 30 ′ S, 60 ° 34 ′ W; 416 m bsl: [FAO 48] Antarctica, N of South Shetland Islands, Livingston Island, station L 16, heterometric sediment (sandy mud with gravels, medium diameter 0.06 mm, poorly sorted sediment). Villora-Moreno (1998) • 62 ° 30 ′ S, 60 ° 34 ′ W; 352 m bsl: [FAO 48] Type Locality: Antarctica, N of South Shetland Islands, Livingston Island, station L 15, heterometric sediment (sandy mud with gravels, medium diameter 0.06 mm, poorly sorted sediment). Villora-Moreno (1998) Record numbers (Sea / Ocean classification): Scotia Sea: 2; total: 2. Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO 48: 2; total: 2.
discussion
Remarks: This is a deep sea species known only from the type locality and a neighbouring site.