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Ramazzottius theroni Dastych 1993

Description

Ramazzottius theroni Dastych, 1993

Material examined: SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal: 31 specimens and 1 egg, HGP, in foliose lichens on Acacia trees (SMLA accession numbers 9340, 9341, 9353, 9355, 9357; NMSA accession number 9347). Echiniscus duboisi, Macrobiotus iharosi, Minibiotus harrylewisi sp. n., Min. intermedius, and Milnesium tardigradum were present in the same samples.

Distribution: Hitherto this species was known only from its type locality in Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Notes

Published as part of Meyer, Harry A. & Hinton, Juliana G., 2009, The Tardigrada of southern Africa, with the description of Minibiotus harrylewisi, a new species from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae), pp. 255 in African Invertebrates 50 (2) on page 260, DOI: 10.5733/afin.050.0203, http://zenodo.org/record/7917056

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Hypsibiidae
Genus
Ramazzottius
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Parachela
Phylum
Tardigrada
Scientific name authorship
Dastych
Species
theroni
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Ramazzottius theroni Dastych, 1993 sec. Meyer & Hinton, 2009