Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa
Author
Kaczmarek, Łukasz
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-06-28
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14.
Echiniscus canadensis
Murray, 1910
[T]
E. canadensis
(
Ramløv & Kristensen 1985
)
Terra typica
:
Canada
(
North
America)
Algeria:
•
34°40′N
,
06°11′E
; 0 m asl:
Biskra Province
,
30 km
from
Biskra
,
El Oued
[Zeribet
el Oued
].
Binda & Pilato (1987)
Morocco:
•
33°04′N
,
05°00′W
;
2,000 m
asl
[
2,100 m
asl]:
Meknès-Tafilalet Region
, near Aguelmane de Si-Ali (Col du Zad) [Aguelmame Sidi Ali Lake], scattered basalt blocks (lava field) lying on the shores of the lake, mosses on basalt blocks.
Ramløv & Kristensen (1985)
•
30°27′N
,
07°32′W
;
1,850 m
asl
:
Souss-Massa-Drâa Region
,
Tizi-n-Taghatine
, sparse vegetation, mosses and lichens on isolated basalt cliffs.
Ramløv & Kristensen (1985)
Record numbers.
Algeria
: 1,
Morocco
: 2;
total: 3.
Remarks.
Species with a typical Holarctic distribution, widely distributed in Europe and
North
America (
McInnes 1994
) (the uncertain records from
Argentina
need confirmation –
Kaczmarek
et al.
2015
).