Pseudobiotus megalonyx ( Thulin, 1928 )

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, 2017, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa, Zootaxa 4284 (1), pp. 1-74 : 41

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4284.1.1

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6050146

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scientific name

Pseudobiotus megalonyx ( Thulin, 1928 )
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Hypsibius (Isohypsibius) megalonyx (Thul.) ( Marcus 1933)

Terra typica : Sweden (Europe)

Algeria:

• 32°46′N, 00°25′W; 1,000 m asl: Naâma Province, Aïn Sefra, Reservoir of Tiout Oasis , dry Bryum turf. Marcus (1933) GoogleMaps

Record numbers. Algeria: 1; total: 1.

Remarks. This report for Isohypsibius megalonyx compares details with Hypsibius (Isohypsibius) augusti (Murray 1907) , but, with the historical confusion between these species, the records from North Africa should be considered questionable.

Marcus, E. (1933) Tardigrada. ARchiv fuR HydRobiologie, 26, 91 - 100.

Thulin, G. (1928) Uber die Phylogie und das System der Tardigraden. HeRiditas, 11, 207 - 266. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1601 - 5223.1928. tb 02488. x