Dactylobiotus caldarellai Pilato & Binda 1994
- Dataset
- Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Tardigrada
- class
- Heterotardigrada
- order
- Parachela
- family
- Macrobiotidae
- genus
- Dactylobiotus
- species
- Dactylobiotus caldarellai
description
Dactylobiotus caldarellai n. sp. (Binda & Pilato 1994) Terra typica: Chile (South America) Chile: • 53 ° 08 ′ S, 705 ° 4 ′ W; 0 m asl: Type Locality: Region XII Magallanes (Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena), Punta Arenas. Pilato & Binda (1994) • 53 ° 53 ′ S, 68 ° 54 ′ W; 100 m asl: Region XII Magallanes (Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena), Rio Grande. Pilato & Binda (1994) Record numbers: Chile: 2; total: 2.
discussion
Remarks: Currently endemic to Chile; it is possible some other South American Dactylobiotus records relate to this species.