Echiniscus kerguelensis Richters 1904
- 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
- Heterotardigrada
- order
- Echiniscoidea
- family
- Echiniscidae
- genus
- Echiniscus
- species
- Echiniscus kerguelensis
description
E. (E.) kerguelensis Richters 1904 (Marcus 1936) Terra typica: Kerguelen Island (South Indian Ocean) Namibia: • 20 ° 28 ′ S, 16 ° 39 ′ E; 1,600 m asl [1,500 m asl]: Otjozondjupa Region, Otjiwarongo. Marcus (1936) Record numbers. Namibia: 1; total: 1.
discussion
Remarks. The record for three eggs in exuvia and a two clawed juvenile, suggests a tentative identification. Originally described from the Kerguelen Islands in the southern Indian Ocean, this species requires a redescription from the type locality before the various records attributed to this species can be clarified.