WoRMS taxon details
Dipodarctus borrori Pollock, 1995
342862 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342862)
accepted
Species
marine
Pollock, L. W. (1995). New Marine Tardigrades from Hawaiian Beach Sand and Phylogeny of the Family Halechiniscidae. <em>Invertebrate Biology.</em> 114(3): 220., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3226877 [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype USNM 264029, geounit Hawaii
, Type locality contained in Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Holotype USNM 264029, geounit Hawaii [details]
type locality contained in Northwestern Hawaiian Islands [details]
Distribution The species is intertidal and interstitial, collected 0–60 cm deep in sand sediment.
Distribution The species is intertidal and interstitial, collected 0–60 cm deep in sand sediment. [details]
Guidetti, R.; McInnes, S.J.; Kristensen, R.M. (2025). World List of Tardigrada. Dipodarctus borrori Pollock, 1995. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342862 on 2025-04-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Pollock, L. W. (1995). New Marine Tardigrades from Hawaiian Beach Sand and Phylogeny of the Family Halechiniscidae. <em>Invertebrate Biology.</em> 114(3): 220., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3226877 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Hemitanarctus chimaera de Zio Grimaldi, D'Addabbo Gallo, Morone De Lucia & Troccoli, 1995/96) Grimaldi de Zio, S., D'Addabbo Gallo, M., Morone de Lucia, M. R. & Troccoli, A. (1995/1996). Hemitanarctus chimaera n.g., n.sp., new Halechiniscidae from the Ionian Sea (Tardigrada, Heterotardigrada). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 234: 167–174. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
[request]original description (of Hemitanarctus chimaera de Zio Grimaldi, D'Addabbo Gallo, Morone De Lucia & Troccoli, 1995/96) Grimaldi de Zio, S., D'Addabbo Gallo, M., Morone de Lucia, M. R. & Troccoli, A. (1995/1996). Hemitanarctus chimaera n.g., n.sp., new Halechiniscidae from the Ionian Sea (Tardigrada, Heterotardigrada). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 234: 167–174. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Grimaldi de Zio, S., Gallo D'Addabbo, M., Sandulli, R. & D'Addabbo, R. (2003). Checklist of the Italian marine Tardigrada. <em>Meiofauna Marina.</em> 12, 97–135. [details] Available for editors [request]
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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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Distribution The species is intertidal and interstitial, collected 0–60 cm deep in sand sediment. [details]Synonymy synonymous: Hemitanarctus chimaera de Zio Grimaldi, D'Addabbo Gallo, Morone De Lucia & Troccoli, 1995/96.
Two taxa, Dipodarctus borrori and Hemitanarctus chimaera, were described at the same time and later
synonymised (Grimaldi de Zio et al. 2003), with one from Hawaii and the other from the Ionian Sea. [details]
