Macrobiotus islandicus Kaczmarek 2017
- Dataset
- Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Kaczmarek, Łukasz (2017): Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa. Zootaxa 4284 (1): 1-74, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4284.1.1
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Tardigrada
- class
- Eutardigrada
- order
- Parachela
- family
- Macrobiotidae
- genus
- Macrobiotus
- species
- Macrobiotus islandicus
description
Terra typica: Iceland (Europe) Algeria: • 34 ° 40 ′ N, 06 ° 11 ′ E; 0 m asl: Biskra Province, 30 km from Biskra, El Oued [Zeribet el Oued]. Binda & Pilato (1987) Record numbers. Algeria: 1; total: 1.
discussion
Remarks. This nominal species of the M. islandicus group has a Holarctic distribution (McInnes 1994). While the presence of this taxon in Africa is possible, Binda & Pilato (1987) found only a single egg (with no adults), which they attributed to M. islandicus. To confirm the presence of M. islandicus further study producing more specimens is required.