Halechiniscus jejuensis Chang & Rho, 2002

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Bartels, Paul J., Roszkowska, Milena & Nelson, Diane R., 2015, The Zoogeography of Marine Tardigrada, Zootaxa 4037 (1), pp. 1-189 : 77

77. Halechiniscus jejuensis Chang & Rho, 2002

Halechiniscus jejuensis n. sp. ( Chang & Rho 2002)

Terra typica: East China Sea ( South Korea, Asia)

East China Sea:

• 33°30′N, 126°58′E; 2–3 m bsl: [FAO61] Type Locality: South Korea, Jeju Province, Jejudo Island, Udo Islet, sublittoral, coralline sand. Chang & Rho (2002)

• 12°13′N, 109°14′E; 0 m bsl: [FAO71] Vietnam, Khan Hoa Province, Bay of Nha Trang, Tre Island, Dam Bay, low tide, area of young mangrove trees ( Rhizophora stylosa ), sand sediment. Tchesunov (2011)

Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): East China Sea: 2; total: 2

Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO61: 1, FAO71: 2; total: 2.

Remarks: This species was described from South Korea coast and recently discovered on the coast of Vietnam. It is an interstitial, intertidal or shallow subtidal species.