Echiniscus spiniger Richters, 1904c

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, 2017, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa, Zootaxa 4284 (1), pp. 1-74 : 16

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4284.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1CD17B31-E3D0-4BFB-8B69-144D97949038
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6049956
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03ED740D-3218-7E4A-FF6B-FF5769AFFE68
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scientific name	Echiniscus spiniger Richters, 1904c
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35. Echiniscus spiniger Richters, 1904c View in CoL [T]

E. spinigeR ( Ramløv & Kristensen 1985)

Terra typica : Sweden (Europe)

Morocco:

• 31°08′N, 07°55′W; 1,700 m asl: Tadla-Azilal Region, Imlil , walnut forest, moss on limestone cliffs. Ramløv & Kristensen (1985) GoogleMaps

Record numbers. Morocco: 1; total: 1.

Remarks. This species recorded from numerous European localities and single sites in Asia, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, North and South America ( McInnes 1994a). Such a wide geographic distribution suggests a species complex or misidentifications. Nominal species should be considered Palaearctic.