Neoarctus primigenius Grimaldi

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Bartels, Paul J., Roszkowska, Milena & Nelson, Diane R., 2015, The Zoogeography of Marine Tardigrada, Zootaxa 4037 (1), pp. 1-189 : 129

143. Neoarctus primigenius Grimaldi de Zio, D'Addabbo Gallo & Morone De Lucia, 1992

Neoarctus primigenius n.g., n.sp. (Grimaldi de Zio et al. 1992)

Neoarctus primigenius Grimaldi de Zio et al. (Grimaldi de Zio & D’Addabbo Gallo 2001) Neoarctus primigenius (D’Addabbo Gallo et al. 2006)

Neoarctus primigenius Grimaldi de Zio et al., 1992 ( Accogli et al. 2011) Terra typica: Tyrrhenian Sea ( Italy, Europe)

Adriatic Sea:

• 40 ° 27.24′N, 18°14.63′E [40°22′N, 18°20′E]; 10 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Lecce Province, Ceisne (Marne protected area), coarse sand. Accogli et al. (2011)

Tyrrhenian Sea:

• 40°20′30′′N, 09°40′15′′E; 38 m bsl: Type locality: [FAO37] Italy, Sardinia Island, Nuoro Province, Orosei Gulf, Scala di ferro, subtidal zone, rocky bottom covered with green algae, sediment, sand in Posidonia seagrass meadow and coralligenous detritus. Grimaldi de Zio et al. (1992), Grimaldi de Zio & D’Addabbo Gallo (2001), D’Addabbo Gallo et al. (2006)

• 38°36′N, 14°55′E; 40 bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Aeolian Islands, Secca del Capo, coralligenous bank, subtidal zone, coarse coralligenous detritus. Grimaldi de Zio & D’Addabbo Gallo (2001)

Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): Adriatic Sea: 1, Tyrrhenian Sea: 2; total: 3.

Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO37: 3; total: 3.

Remarks: This species is reported only from subtidal localities in the Mediterranean basin.