Tardigrada Register • Testechiniscus spitsbergensis Scourfield, 1897

Testechiniscus spitsbergensis Scourfield, 1897

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Names
Description
Images
Morphometry
Molecular data
Distribution
Sources

1. Former names and synonyms

None.

2. Description

Population	Description	Source	Contributor
Type series	Habitus N/A. Cuticle N/A. Buccal apparatus N/A. Legs and claws N/A. Eggs N/A. Remarks N/A.	Name et al. (20??)	N. Name

3. Images

Population	Habitus	Cuticle	Buccal apparatus	Claws	Eggs	Contributor
Type series	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

4. Morphometry

Population	Data	Source	Contributor
Neoparatype series	[30♀ + 11 juveniles + 8 larvae]	Gąsiorek et al. (2018)	M. Dudziak

5. Molecular data

Population	Sequence	GenBank	Source	Contributor
Neotype series	18S rRNA 28S rRNA H2 ITS-1	MH279664 MH286188 MH286189	Gąsiorek et al. (2018)	M. Dudziak
Norway.1	28S rRNA H1	MH286186	Gąsiorek et al. (2018)	M. Dudziak

6. Distribution

Sample	Coordinates	Altitude	Location name	Substrate	Collection date	Source	Contributor
Norway.0 (locus neotypicus)	78°44'02''N 16°36'10"E	46 m asl	Norway, Svalbard, Ragnardalen	moss on soil	07.2017	Gąsiorek et al. (2018)	M. Dudziak
Norway.1	77°00'N 15°33'E	100 m asl	Norway, Hornsund, between Polish Polar Station and Fugleberget Mountain, Svalbard, Spitsbergen	moss on rock	08.2011	Gąsiorek et al. (2018)	M. Dudziak

7. Sources

Gąsiorek, P., Stec, D., Zawierucha, K., Kristensen, R.M. & Michalczyk, Ł. (2018) Revision of Testechiniscus Kristensen, 1987 (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) refutes the polar-temperate distribution of the genus. Zootaxa, 4472(2): 261–297.