Echiniscoides bruni D'Addabbo Gallo, Grimaldi

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Bartels, Paul J., Roszkowska, Milena & Nelson, Diane R., 2015, The Zoogeography of Marine Tardigrada, Zootaxa 4037 (1), pp. 1-189 : 149

180. Echiniscoides bruni D'Addabbo Gallo, Grimaldi de Zio, Morone De Lucia & Troccoli, 1992

Echiniscoides bruni n. sp. (D'Addabbo Gallo et al. 1992)

Echiniscoides bruni D'Addabbo Gallo et al., 1992 (Grimaldi de Zio & D’Addabbo Gallo 2001) Terra typica: Tyrrhenian Sea ( Italy, Europe)

Tyrrhenian Sea:

• 40°20′30′′N, 09°40′15′′E; 30 and 40 m bsl: [FAO37] Type locality: Italy, Sardinia Island, Nuoro Province, the bottom of the Orosei Gulf, subtidal area, coralligenous detritus. D'Addabbo Gallo et al. (1992), Grimaldi de Zio & D’Addabbo Gallo (2001)

• 40°20′30′′N, 09°40′15′′E; 38 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Sardinia Island, Nuoro Province, the bottom of the Orosei Gulf, subtidal area, Posidonia seagrass meadow, sandy detritus with green algae. D'Addabbo Gallo et al. (1992), Grimaldi de Zio & D’Addabbo Gallo (2001)

Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): Tyrrhenian Sea: 2; total 2.

Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO37: 2; total: 2.

Remarks: This species, known only from the subtidal region of Sardinia, Italy, differs from most Echiniscoides as it was not associated with barnacles or the intertidal zone. It was collected in sand and detritus in the subtidal zone down to ca. 40 m bsl.