Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Tardigrada > Class Heterotardigrada > Order Echiniscoidea > Family Echiniscidae > Genus Echiniscus

Echiniscus merokensis Richters, 1904

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

EchiniscusC.A.S. Schultze, 1840accepted genus name

Children

Echiniscus merokensis suecica Thulin, 1911

Literature

original description

Richters, F. (1904). Arktische tardigraden.

basis of record

van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

additional source

Phillips, L.M., R.I. Leihy & S.L. Chown. (2022). Improving species‐based area protection in Antarctica. Conservation Biology. 36(4): e13885.Aug 2022.

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Citation

Guidetti, R.; McInnes, S.J.; Kristensen, R.M. (2025). World List of Tardigrada. Echiniscus merokensis Richters, 1904. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342969

Sandra J. McInnes. Echiniscus merokensis Richters, 1904. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/2ad1e4d4-ba1e-457b-b498-13f01d1f3110

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, not brackish, not fresh, terrestrial

Importance

no data

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2017-02-14 by Sandra J. McInnes & by Roberto Guidetti

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