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Calcarobiotus (Discrepunguis) polygonatus
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Description
122. Calcarobiotus (Discrepunguis) polygonatus (Binda & Guglielmino, 1991) [T]
MacRobiotus polygonatus n. sp. (Binda & Guglielmino 1991)
Terra typica: Tanzania (Africa)
Tanzania:
• 03°12′S, 37°31′E; 2,200–2,400 m asl: Type Locality: Kilimanjaro Region, near Marangu [gate], outskirts of the entrance of Kilimanjaro National Park, moss and lichen. Binda & Guglielmino (1991)
Record numbers. Tanzania: 1; total 1.
Remarks. Only recorded from continental Africa and Madagascar (Maucci 1993).
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 43, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4284.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1010400
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Macrobiotidae
- Genus
- Calcarobiotus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Parachela
- Phylum
- Tardigrada
- Scientific name authorship
- Binda & Guglielmino
- Species
- polygonatus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Calcarobiotus (Discrepunguis) polygonatus (Binda, 1991) sec. Kaczmarek, 2017
References
- Binda, M. G. & Guglielmino, A. (1991) Tardigradi dell'Africa. VI: MacRobiotus polygonatus nuova specie di Eutardigrado del Kilimangiaro (Tanzania). Animalia, 18, 223 - 227.
- Maucci, W. (1993) Prime notizie su Tardigradi " Terrestri " del Madagascar con descrizione di tre specie nuove. Bollettino del Museo Civico StoRia NatuRale di VeRona, 17, 381 - 392.