Echiniscus quadrispinosus Richters, 1902

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, 2017, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa, Zootaxa 4284 (1), pp. 1-74 : 15

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scientific name

Echiniscus quadrispinosus Richters, 1902
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31. Echiniscus quadrispinosus Richters, 1902 View in CoL sensu lato [T]

Echiniscus quadrispinosus Richters ( Murray 1913)

Terra typica : Germany (Europe)

Kenya:

• 00°01′S, 37°54′E: Undefined locality, British East Africa [ Kenya], moss. Murray (1913)

Record numbers. Kenya: 1; total: 1.

Remarks. There is considerable morphological variation in the global records of E. quadrispinosus , indicative of a species complex (see: Ramazzotti & Maucci 1983). However, most of the species records are (like the type locality) Holarctic ( McInnes 1994), which suggest that African reports may be correct but, these early reports, require confirmation.

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

Murray, J. (1913) African Tardigrada. JouRnal of the Royal MicRoscopical Society, 2, 136 - 144. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2818.1913. tb 01014. x

Ramazzotti, G. & Maucci, W. (1983) Il Phylum Tardigrada. MemoRie dell'Istituto Italiano di IdRobiologia, 41, 1 - 1012.

Richters, F. (1902) Neue Moosbewohner. BeRicht deR SenckenbeRgischen NatuRfoRschenden gesellschaft in FRankfoRt am Main, 1902, 23 - 26.