Echiniscus reticulatus Murray, 1905

Beasley, Clark W. & Miller, William R., 2012, Additional Tardigrada from Hubei Province, China, with the description of Doryphoribius barbarae sp. nov. (Eutardigrada: Parachela: Hypsibiidae), Zootaxa 3170, pp. 55-63 : 56

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.212706
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5672284
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scientific name	Echiniscus reticulatus Murray, 1905
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Material examined. Five moss samples from Site 3 contained 85 specimens plus 25 exuvia containing eggs. Six moss samples from Site 5 contained 95 specimens plus 9 exuvia containing eggs.

Remarks. In China this species has previously been reported from Sichuan Province ( Beasley et al. 2006) and Shaanxi Province (Li 2007). The exuvia in this study contained from one to nine eggs, giving an average of 4.5.