Testechiniscus spitsbergensis (Scourfield, 1897)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Scourfield, D. J., 1897. Contributions to the Non-Marine Fauna of Spitsbergen. Part I. Preliminary notes, and report on the Rhizopoda, Tardigrada, Entomostraca, & C. Proc. Zool. Soc., London, 784 - 792

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Tardigrada: class
Heterotardigrada: order
Echiniscoidea: family
Echiniscidae: genus
Testechiniscus: species
Testechiniscus spitsbergensis

Name

Synonyms: Echiniscus marinellae Bartos, 1935; Echiniscus melanophthalmus Bartos, 1936; Echiniscus menzeli Heinis, 1917; Echiniscus rosaliae Mihelcic, 1951; Echiniscus spinuloides Murray, 1907; Echiniscus spitsbergensis Scourfield, 1897; Echiniscus spitzbergensis Scourfield, 1897; Testechiniscus clavisetosus (Mihelčič, 1958); Testechiniscus spinuloides (Murray, 1907); Testechiniscus spitzbergensis (Scourfield, 1897)
Homonyms: Testechiniscus spitsbergensis (Scourfield, 1897)

Bibliographic References

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Richters, F. 1911. Land-Arthropoden von der B‰ren-Insel und Spitzbergen gesammelt in den Jahren 1907 und 1908. Mioosfauna. In A. Koenig (ed.). Avifauna Spitzbergensis. Forschungsreisen nach der B‰ren-Insel und dem Spitzbergen Archipel, mit ihren faunistischen und ? oristischen Ergebnissen. Pp. 283ñ286. Bonn. printed privately. Also printed as Richters, F. 1911. Faune des Mousses Tardigrades. Campagne Arctique de 1907. P. 20. Brussels. Imprimerie Scienti?c.
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Zawierucha, K., Podkowa, P., Marciniak, M., Gasiorek, P., Zmudczynska-Skarbek, K, Janko, K. and Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M. 2018. Temperature (latitude) and nutrient (seabird guano) effects on limno-terrestrial Tardigrada (Testechiniscus spitsbergensis and Pilatobius recamieri) body size. Polar Res. 37;1492297.