Dipodarctus susannae Jørgensen, Boesgaard, Møbjerg & Kristensen, 2014

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Bartels, Paul J., Roszkowska, Milena & Nelson, Diane R., 2015, The Zoogeography of Marine Tardigrada, Zootaxa 4037 (1), pp. 1-189 : 49

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4037.1.1
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scientific name	Dipodarctus susannae Jørgensen, Boesgaard, Møbjerg & Kristensen, 2014
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44. Dipodarctus susannae Jørgensen, Boesgaard, Møbjerg & Kristensen, 2014 View in CoL

Dipodarctus susannae nov. sp. (Jørgensen et al. 2014)

Terra typica : Tasman Sea ( Australia)

Tasman Sea:

• 30°56′S, 153°06′E; 18–20 m bsl: [FAO81] Type Locality: Australia, New South Wales State, S of South West Rocks, 3 km of the coast from the base of Smoky Cape Lighthouse, Fish Rock Island, Fish Rock Cave, coarse coralligenous sand rich in detritus. Jørgensen et al. (2014)

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

Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO81: 1; total: 1.

Remarks: This recently described subtidal species, known only from the type locality in a marine cave, is a potential troglobiont.

References

Jorgensen, A., Boesgaard, T. M., Mobjerg, N. & Kristensen, R. M. (2014) The tardigrade fauna of Australian marine caves: with descriptions of nine new species of Arthrotardigrada. Zootaxa, 3802 (4), 401 - 443. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3802.4.1