Echiniscoides higginsi Hallas & Kristensen, 1982

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Bartels, Paul J., Roszkowska, Milena & Nelson, Diane R., 2015, The Zoogeography of Marine Tardigrada, Zootaxa 4037 (1), pp. 1-189 : 149

181. Echiniscoides higginsi Hallas & Kristensen, 1982

Echiniscoides higginsi n. sp. ( Hallas & Kristensen 1982)

Terra typica : Atlantic Ocean ( USA, North America)

Atlantic Ocean:

• 41°37′N, 71°19′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO21] USA, Rhode Island State, Newport County, Newport, upper barnacle zone and tubular forms of green algae (Ulya). Faurby et al. (2012)

• 41 ° 33′N, 71° 26′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO21] Type locality: USA, Rhode Island State, Washington County, low tidal levels in a brackish water bay near Hamilton, under Salicornia sp., sediment. Hallas & Kristensen (1982)

Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): Atlantic Ocean: 2; total 2.

Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO21: 2; total: 2.

Remarks: This species has recently been re-found near the type locality on the coast of Rhode Island.