Echiniscus crassispinosus Murray, 1907a, 2017

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, 2017, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa, Zootaxa 4284 (1), pp. 1-74 : 12

17. Echiniscus crassispinosus Murray, 1907a sensu stricto [T]

E. crassispinosus sp. n. ( Murray 1907a)

Echiniscus crassispinosus Murray (?) (Murray 1913)

Echiniscus crassispinosus J. Murray, 1907 ( Teunissen 1938)

Terra typica : Republic of South Africa (Africa)

Democratic Republic of Congo:

• 01°17′S, 29°31′E; 1,750 m asl: North Kivu Province, Albert National Park [Virunga National Park], Tshengelero [ Tshengere ] (swamp N of Munagana ), soil. Teunissen (1938)

Kenya:

• 01°15′S, 36°41′E; 2,000 m asl: Kiambu County, Kikuyu , moss. Murray (1913)

Republic of South Africa:

• 29°44′S, 22°44′E: Type Locality: Undefined locality, Cape Colony [Cape Province]. Murray (1907a)

Record numbers. Democratic Republic of Congo: 1, Kenya: 1, Republic of South Africa: 1; total: 3.

Remarks. Originally described from Africa this species also has single reports from Asia, Central and South America ( McInnes 1994a, Kaczmarek et al. 2014a, Kaczmarek et al. 2015). The limited early description of E. crassispinosus ( Murray, 1907a) requires new material from the type locale to confirm both the species and its biogeographic description.