original description
Renaud-Debyser, J. (1959). Etudes sur la faune interstitielle des Iles Bahamas. III. Tardigrades. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 10: 297–302. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
van der Land, J. (2001). Tardigrada, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 236 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Degma, P.; Bertolani, R.; Guidetti, R. (2009-2016). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species. (Assessed 10/02/2017) pp. 46., available online at http://www.tardigrada.modena.unimo.it/miscellanea/Actual%20checklist%20of%20Tardigrada.pdf [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution This type species for the genus was described from the intertidal zone in the Bahamas and later from the
Guadeloupe Islands in the Caribbean. The species has since been reported from different types of sand and
detritus in the subtidal zone and marine caves in the Mediterranean basin. [details]