Mesobiotus montanus Murray 1910
- Dataset
- Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Tardigrada
- class
- Eutardigrada
- order
- Parachela
- family
- Macrobiotidae
- genus
- Mesobiotus
- species
- Mesobiotus montanus
description
M. montanus John Murr.? 1906 (Marcus 1936) Terra typica: South Island (New Zealand) Ivory Coast: • 07 ° 24 ′ N, 07 ° 33 ′ W; 400 m asl: Tonkpi Region, above Man, the Ko, just above the water line of a mountain stream, wet moss on rocks. Marcus (1933) Record numbers. Ivory Coast: 1; total: 1.
discussion
Remarks. This record, of four specimens from a particularly hydric habitat is unusual. Though originally described from New Zealand the (current) global distribution (McInnes 1994 a), suggests a species complex for which all records should be re-analysed.
Name
- Homonyms
- Mesobiotus montanus Murray 1910