Echiniscus spiniger Richters 1904

35. Echiniscus spiniger Richters, 1904c [T] E. spinigeR (Raml��v & Kristensen 1985) Terra typica: Sweden (Europe) Morocco: ��� 31��08���N, 07��55���W; 1,700 m asl: Tadla-Azilal Region, Imlil, walnut forest, moss on limestone cliffs. Raml��v & Kristensen (1985) Record numbers. Morocco: 1; total: 1. Remarks. This species recorded from numerous European localities and single sites in Asia, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, North and South America (McInnes 1994a). Such a wide geographic distribution suggests a species complex or misidentifications. Nominal species should be considered Palaearctic.
Published as part of Kaczmarek, ��ukasz, 2017, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa, pp. 1-74 in Zootaxa 4284 (1) on page 16, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4284.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1010400
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