Tholoarctus oleseni Jorgensen, Boesgaard, Mobjerg & Kristensen 2014
Description
123. Tholoarctus oleseni Jørgensen, Boesgaard, Møbjerg & Kristensen, 2014
Tholoarctus oleseni nov. sp. (J өrgensen et al. 2014)
Terra typica: Tasman Sea (Australia)
Tasman Sea:
• 32°27′S, 152°32′E; 34 m bsl: [FAO81] Australia, New South Wales State, S of Tancurry, 3 km off the coast, Jim’s Cave near Seal Rock, coarse coralligenous and detritus-rich sand. Boesgaard & Kristensen (2001), et al. (2014)
• 30°56′S, 153°06′E; 18–20 m bsl: [FAO81] Type Locality: Australia, New South Wales State, S of South West Rocks, 3 km of the coast from the base of Smoky Cape Lighthouse, Fish Rock Island, Fish Rock Cave, middle of the cave, coarse coralligenous sand rich in detritus. Boesgaard & Kristensen (2001), Jørgensen et al. (2014)
Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): Tasman Sea: 2; total: 2.
Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO81: 2; total: 2.
Remarks: This is a recently described subtidal species known only from the type locality and a neighbouring site in marine caves so it is possibly a troglobiont.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Halechiniscidae
- Genus
- Tholoarctus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Arthrotardigrada
- Phylum
- Tardigrada
- Scientific name authorship
- Jorgensen, Boesgaard, Mobjerg & Kristensen
- Species
- oleseni
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Tholoarctus oleseni Jorgensen, 2014 sec. Kaczmarek, Bartels, Roszkowska & Nelson, 2015
References
- Jorgensen, A., Boesgaard, T. M., Mobjerg, N. & Kristensen, R. M. (2014) The tardigrade fauna of Australian marine caves: with descriptions of nine new species of Arthrotardigrada. Zootaxa, 3802 (4), 401 - 443. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3802.4.1
- Boesgaard, T. M. & Kristensen, R. M. (2001) Tardigrades from Australian marine caves. With a redescription of Actinarctus neretinus (Arthrotardigrada). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 240, 253 - 264. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1078 / 0044 - 5231 - 00033