Echiniscus canadensis Murray, 1910

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, 2017, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa, Zootaxa 4284 (1), pp. 1-74 : 11

14. Echiniscus canadensis Murray, 1910 [T]

E. canadensis ( Ramløv & Kristensen 1985)

Terra typica : Canada (North America)

Algeria:

• 34°40′N, 06°11′E; 0 m asl: Biskra Province, 30 km from Biskra, El Oued [Zeribet el Oued]. Binda & Pilato (1987)

Morocco:

• 33°04′N, 05°00′W; 2,000 m asl [2,100 m asl]: Meknès-Tafilalet Region, near Aguelmane de Si-Ali (Col du Zad) [Aguelmame Sidi Ali Lake], scattered basalt blocks (lava field) lying on the shores of the lake, mosses on basalt blocks. Ramløv & Kristensen (1985)

• 30°27′N, 07°32′W; 1,850 m asl: Souss-Massa-Drâa Region, Tizi-n-Taghatine , sparse vegetation, mosses and lichens on isolated basalt cliffs. Ramløv & Kristensen (1985)

Record numbers. Algeria: 1, Morocco: 2; total: 3.

Remarks. Species with a typical Holarctic distribution, widely distributed in Europe and North America ( McInnes 1994) (the uncertain records from Argentina need confirmation – Kaczmarek et al. 2015).