Echiniscus afRicanus Echiniscus afRicanus Murray 1907 Echiniscus afRicanus (Murray, 1907) Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa Kaczmarek, Łukasz Zootaxa 2017 2017-06-28 4284 1 1 74 38FWW Murray, 1907 a Murray 1907 [179,608,1354,1379] Heterotardigrada Echiniscidae Echiniscus Animalia Echiniscoidea 8 9 Tardigrada species africanus   E. afRicanussp. n. ( Murray 1907a)   Echiniscus afRicanusMurr. ( Murray 1913)    Echiniscus afRicanusJohn Murray 1907 (da Cunha& do Nascimento 1964)  Echiniscus afRicanusMurray 1907( Binda & Pilato 1995a)   Echiniscuscf.  afRicanus(Murray, 1907)( Middleton 2003)     Terra typica: Republic of South Africa (Africa)  Angola: •  07°47′S, 15°01′E; 650 masl: Uíge Province, near Carmona [ Uíge], Estate at Pumba Loge, mosses. da Cunha& do Nascimento (1964)  Lesotho: •  29°19′S, 27°29′E;  1,550 masl: Maseru District, Maseru, moss or lichen on tree or rock.  Middleton (2003)•  29°38′S, 27°31′E;  1,750 masl: Maseru District, Morija, moss or lichen on tree or rock.  Middleton (2003) Republic of SouthAfrica: • 23°50′S, 29°59′E; 1,450 masl:N Transvaal [Limpopo Province], Woodbush [Woodbush Forest Reserve].  Murray (1913)• 29°44′S, 22°44′E: Type Locality: Undefined locality, Cape Colony [Cape Province].  Murray (1907a)Tanzania: •  03°12′S, 37°31′E;  2,200–2,400 masl: Kilimanjaro Region, near Marangu [gate], outskirts of the entrance of KilimanjaroNational Park, mosses.  Binda & Pilato (1995a)  Record numbers. Angola: 1, Lesotho: 2, Republic of SouthAfrica: 2, Tanzania: 1; total: 6. Remarks.Species only recorded from continental Africa and an uncertain record from Vietnam( Węglarska 1962).