Echiniscoides sigismundi subsp. porphyrae Grimaldi
- Dataset
- The Zoogeography of Marine Tardigrada
- Rank
- SUBSPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Tardigrada
- class
- Heterotardigrada
- order
- Echiniscoidea
- family
- Echiniscoididae
- genus
- Echiniscoides
description
Echiniscoides sigismundi porphyrae n. subsp. (Grimaldi de Zio et al. 2000) Terra typica: Indian Ocean (Prince Edward Islands, sub-Antarctic) Indian Ocean: • 46 ° 54 ′ S, 37 ° 45 ′ E [46 ° 54 ′ S, 37 ° 53 ′ E]; 0 m bsl: [FAO 58] Type Locality: sub-Antarctic, Prince Edward Islands, E part of Marion Island, 2 km SE of Transvaal Cove, Macaroni Bay, intertidal zone, algae (Porphyra sp.). Grimaldi de Zio et al. (2000) Record numbers (Sea / Ocean classification): Indian Ocean: 1; total: 1. Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO 58: 1; total: 1.
discussion
Remarks: This subspecies is known only from the type locality (see also remarks for Echiniscoides s. sigismundi).