Macrobiotus cf. echinogenitus Richters, 1904

Meyer, Harry A. & Hinton, Juliana G., 2009, The Tardigrada of southern Africa, with the description of Minibiotus harrylewisi, a new species from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae), African Invertebrates 50 (2), pp. 255-255 : 260-261

Macrobiotus cf. echinogenitus Richters, 1904

Material examined: SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal: 1 specimen, Underberg, in moss ( SMLA accession number 9359) .

Distribution: Murray (1907) reported the presence of M. echinogenitus , a cosmopolitan species, in Cape Colony, South Africa. He did not record where in Cape Colony the specimens were collected but presumably they were from the modern provinces of Eastern Cape or Western Cape.

Remarks: The specimen keys to Macrobiotus echinogenitus in Ramazzotti & Maucci (1983). Its buccal and claw structure are consistent with M. echinogenitus , but in the absence of eggs, further identification is not possible.