Echiniscoides sigismundi porphyrae Grimaldi

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Bartels, Paul J., Roszkowska, Milena & Nelson, Diane R., 2015, The Zoogeography of Marine Tardigrada, Zootaxa 4037 (1), pp. 1-189 : 152

190. Echiniscoides sigismundi porphyrae Grimaldi de Zio, Gallo D’Addabbo & Pietanza, 2000

Echiniscoides sigismundi porphyrae n. subsp. (Grimaldi de Zio et al. 2000) Terra typica: Indian Ocean (Prince Edward Islands, sub-Antarctic)

Indian Ocean:

• 46°54′S, 37°45′E [46°54′S, 37°53′E]; 0 m bsl: [FAO58] Type Locality: sub-Antarctic, Prince Edward Islands, E part of Marion Island, 2 km SE of Transvaal Cove, Macaroni Bay, intertidal zone, algae ( Porphyra sp.). Grimaldi de Zio et al. (2000)

Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): Indian Ocean: 1; total: 1.

Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO58: 1; total: 1.

Remarks: This subspecies is known only from the type locality (see also remarks for Echiniscoides s. sigismundi ).