Megastygarctides christinae Hansen & Kristensen, 2006

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Bartels, Paul J., Roszkowska, Milena & Nelson, Diane R., 2015, The Zoogeography of Marine Tardigrada, Zootaxa 4037 (1), pp. 1-189 : 130

146. Megastygarctides christinae Hansen & Kristensen, 2006

Megastygarctides christinae sp. nov. ( Hansen & Kristensen 2006)

Terra typica: Arabian Sea ( Saudi Arabia, Asia)

Arabian Sea:

• 28°00′N, 48°46′E; 0.46–1.07 m above ISLW (Indian Spring Low Water) / 0 m bsl: [FAO51] Saudi Arabia, Eastern Region, Persian Gulf, Safaniya, intertidal. Hansen & Kristensen (2006)

• 27°47′N, 48°53′E; 0.46–1.07 m above ISLW (Indian Spring Low Water) / 0 m bsl: [FAO51] Type Locality: Saudi Arabia, Eastern Region, Persian Gulf, Ras Al Tanajib, intertidal. Hansen & Kristensen (2006)

Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): Arabian Sea: 2; total: 2.

Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO51: 2; total: 2.

Remarks: This is a relatively recently described intertidal species known only from the type locality and one neighbouring site.