Echiniscus ranzii Ramazzotti, 1964a

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America, Zootaxa 3923 (1), pp. 1-107 : 20

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3923.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2305A96C-0A03-4524-93AA-90359893A4DD
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5687898
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038FA02E-FF8F-7A2F-4A85-BB505634F7C4
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Echiniscus ranzii Ramazzotti, 1964a
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42. Echiniscus ranzii Ramazzotti, 1964a View in CoL [T]

Echiniscus (Echiniscus) ranzii spec nov. ( Ramazzotti 1964a ) Terra typica: Chile (South America)

Chile:

• 22°30′S, 67°54′W; 4,600 m asl: Type Locality: Region II Antofagasta, Cerro Pajonal, near Bolivian border, lichen on rocks. Ramazzotti (1964a)

Record numbers: Chile: 1; total: 1.

Remarks: The species belongs to a Neotropical and Antarctic bigranulatus group and could easily be mistaken for other members of the group (Michalczyk & Kaczmarek 2006a, 2007). It is currently endemic to Chile. See also remarks to E. bigranulatus above.