Megastygarctides gerdae Hansen & Kristensen, 2006

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Bartels, Paul J., Roszkowska, Milena & Nelson, Diane R., 2015, The Zoogeography of Marine Tardigrada, Zootaxa 4037 (1), pp. 1-189 : 130

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4037.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:670819B1-3840-4C0A-ABFF-4D5AE3A263C0
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5632676
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A5435063-FF1F-FF10-FF18-FAD9FAF9F954
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Megastygarctides gerdae Hansen & Kristensen, 2006
status

Treatment

147. Megastygarctides gerdae Hansen & Kristensen, 2006 View in CoL

Megastygarctides gerdae sp. nov. ( Hansen & Kristensen 2006)

Terra typica: Arabian Sea ( Saudi Arabia, Asia)

Arabian Sea:

• 27°50′N, 48°54′E; 0.46–1.07 m above ISLW (Indian Spring Low Water) / 0 m bsl: [FAO51] Type Locality:

Saudi Arabia, Eastern Region, Persian Gulf, Ras Al Tanajib, intertidal. Hansen & Kristensen (2006) Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): Arabian Sea: 1; total: 1. Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO51: 1; total: 1.

Remarks: This is a relatively recently described intertidal species known only from the type locality.