Eremobiotus alicatai (Binda 1969)

Guil, Noemí, 2008, New records and within-species variability of Iberian tardigrades (Tardigrada), with comments on the species from the Echiniscus blumi-canadensis series, Zootaxa 1757, pp. 1-30 : 16

Eremobiotus alicatai (Binda 1969)

The four specimens found for this species present dentate lunules in each double-claw and cuticle bars at the base of the inner double-claws in the first three pair of legs. Mean body size 512 μm (SD 75), range 440 to 616 μm. The species has been cited for Europe, Asia and Africa. It is the first time it is recorded for the Iberian Peninsula ( Table 2 ). Eremobiotus alicatai only appeared at one sampling point (Table 3), in a LF sample.