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Tardigrada taxon details

Mesostygarctus intermedius Renaud-Mornant, 1979

136726  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136726)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Tardigrada (Phylum)
  4. Heterotardigrada (Class)
  5. Arthrotardigrada (Order)
  6. Stygarctidae (Family)
  7. Stygarctinae (Subfamily)
  8. Mesostygarctus (Genus)
  9. Mesostygarctus intermedius (Species)
accepted
Species
Pseudostygarctus intermedius (Renaud-Mornant, 1979) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish
Renaud-Mornant, J. (1979). Tardigrades marins de Madagascar. II. Stygarctidae et Orellidae, III. Considérations écologiques générales. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> Série 4e, 1 (2), 339–351. [details] Available for editors  PDF available
Type locality contained in Madagascan part of the Mozambique Channel  
type locality contained in Madagascan part of the Mozambique Channel [details]
Distribution Although originally described from tropical of Madagascar (southern hemisphere), most later reports
are from the subtidal...  
Distribution Although originally described from tropical of Madagascar (southern hemisphere), most later reports
are from the subtidal zone of the Mediterranean region (plus two recent reports from the Brazilian coast). This
species is probably an intertidal to subtidal species inhabiting sand and detritus, and it has also been reported
from marine cave sediments. [details]

Taxonomy Transferred from Pseudostygarctus by Hansen et al. 2012  
Taxonomy Transferred from Pseudostygarctus by Hansen et al. 2012 [details]
Guidetti, R.; McInnes, S.J.; Kristensen, R.M. (2024). World List of Tardigrada. Mesostygarctus intermedius Renaud-Mornant, 1979. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/tardigrada/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136726 on 2024-11-22
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2008-10-01 07:02:46Z
changed
van der Land, Jacob
2015-04-20 13:40:28Z
changed
Guidetti, Roberto

original description Renaud-Mornant, J. (1979). Tardigrades marins de Madagascar. II. Stygarctidae et Orellidae, III. Considérations écologiques générales. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> Série 4e, 1 (2), 339–351. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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] OpenAccess publication

new combination reference Hansen, J. G., Kristensen, R. M. & Jørgensen, A. (2012). The armoured marine tardigrades (Arthrotardigrada, Tardigrada). <em>Scientia Danica, series B Biologica 2, The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.</em> pp. 91. [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Distribution Although originally described from tropical of Madagascar (southern hemisphere), most later reports
are from the subtidal zone of the Mediterranean region (plus two recent reports from the Brazilian coast). This
species is probably an intertidal to subtidal species inhabiting sand and detritus, and it has also been reported
from marine cave sediments. [details]

Taxonomy Transferred from Pseudostygarctus by Hansen et al. 2012 [details]
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To PESI (from synonym Pseudostygarctus intermedius (Renaud-Mornant, 1979))
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