Echiniscus kerguelensis Richters, 1904a

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, 2017, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa, Zootaxa 4284 (1), pp. 1-74 : 13

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4284.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1CD17B31-E3D0-4BFB-8B69-144D97949038
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6049925
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03ED740D-321B-7E49-FF6B-FDB16824FCE8
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Echiniscus kerguelensis Richters, 1904a
status	sensu lato

Treatment

21. Echiniscus kerguelensis Richters, 1904a View in CoL sensu lato [T]

E. (E.) keRguelensis Richters 1904 ( Marcus 1936)

Terra typica: Kerguelen Island (South Indian Ocean)

Namibia:

• 20°28′S, 16°39′E; 1,600 m asl [1,500 m asl]: Otjozondjupa Region, Otjiwarongo. Marcus (1936)

Record numbers. Namibia: 1; total: 1.

Remarks. The record for three eggs in exuvia and a two clawed juvenile, suggests a tentative identification. Originally described from the Kerguelen Islands in the southern Indian Ocean, this species requires a redescription from the type locality before the various records attributed to this species can be clarified.