Echiniscus merokensis Richters, 1904

Rossi, Gustavo, Claps, Maria & Ardohain, Diego, 2009, Tardigrades from northwestern Patagonia (Neuquén Province, Argentina) with the description of three new species, Zootaxa 2095, pp. 21-36 : 23

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.187610
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6216103
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scientific name	Echiniscus merokensis Richters, 1904
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Our finding disagrees with Kristensen’s (1987) suggestion about the restricted preference of this species to a soil habitat. This species is considered cosmopolitan ( McInnes, 1994; Fontoura et al., 2008). In Argentina, E. merokensis was previously recorded in Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego ( Claps et al., 2008).