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Isohypsibius papillifer Kaczmarek 2017, sensu lato

Description

105. Isohypsibius papillifer (Murray, 1905b) sensu lato [F]

Terra typica: Scotland (Europe)

Tanzania:

03°08′S, 37°26′E; ca. 3,900 m asl: Kilimanjaro Region, Kilimanjaro National Park, Kibo trail, above tree line, ice covered puddle, depth 2 cm, benthos sample. Van Rompu et al. (1991a)

Record numbers. Tanzania: 1; total: 1.

Remarks. This species complex has been reported from a limited number of global sites (McInnes 1994). Further study of type material (Morgan 1977) is required to verify the species in Africa.

Notes

Published as part of Kaczmarek, Łukasz, 2017, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa, pp. 1-74 in Zootaxa 4284 (1) on page 38, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4284.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1010400

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Hypsibiidae
Genus
Isohypsibius
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Parachela
Phylum
Tardigrada
Scientific name authorship
Kaczmarek
Species
papillifer
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Isohypsibius papillifer , 2017

References

  • Murray, J. (1905 b) The Tardigrada of the Forth Valley. Annales of Scottish NatuRal HistoRy, 55, 160 - 164.
  • Van Rompu, E. A., De Smet, W. H. & Bafort, J. M. (1991 a) Some freshwater tardigrades from the Kilimanjaro. Naturwetenschappelijk Tijdschrift, 73, 55 - 62.
  • McInnes, S. J. (1994) Zoogeographic distribution of terrestrial / freshwater tardigrades from current literature. JouRnal of NatuRal HistoRy, 28, 257 - 352. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222939400770131