WoRMS taxon details

Lepoarctus coniferus (Renaud-Mornant, 1975)

343239  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:343239)

accepted
Species
marine
(of Pleocola conifera Renaud-Mornant, 1975) Renaud-Mornant, J. (1975). Deep-sea Tardigrada from the "Meteor" Indian Ocean Expedition. <em>"Meteor" Foesch.-Ergebnisse, D. Nc.</em> 21: 54–61. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Holotype  Tard. 9, verbatimGeounit Indian Ocean. Cruise...  
Holotype Tard. 9, verbatimGeounit Indian Ocean. Cruise... [details]
Type locality contained in Somali part of the Indian Ocean  
type locality contained in Somali part of the Indian Ocean [details]
Distribution Lepoarctus coniferus was described from abyssal depths near the coast of Somalia, but later reported
from two subtidal...  
Distribution Lepoarctus coniferus was described from abyssal depths near the coast of Somalia, but later reported
from two subtidal localities in the Ionian Sea. Such geographical/ecological distribution is possible but rather
unusual. In our opinion, the presence of this species in the subtidal zone of the Ionian Sea needs confirmation. [details]
Guidetti, R.; McInnes, S.J.; Kristensen, R.M. (2024). World List of Tardigrada. Lepoarctus coniferus (Renaud-Mornant, 1975). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=343239 on 2024-04-24
Date
action
by
2008-04-09 14:04:46Z
created
2015-04-10 15:36:17Z
changed
2017-02-13 07:40:11Z
changed

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original description  (of Pleocola conifera Renaud-Mornant, 1975) Renaud-Mornant, J. (1975). Deep-sea Tardigrada from the "Meteor" Indian Ocean Expedition. <em>"Meteor" Foesch.-Ergebnisse, D. Nc.</em> 21: 54–61. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [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]   

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]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype Tard. 9, verbatimGeounit Indian Ocean. Cruise... [details]
Paratype Tard. 2, 3, 12, 20, 33, verbatimGeounit Indian Ocean. Cruise... [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Lepoarctus coniferus was described from abyssal depths near the coast of Somalia, but later reported
from two subtidal localities in the Ionian Sea. Such geographical/ecological distribution is possible but rather
unusual. In our opinion, the presence of this species in the subtidal zone of the Ionian Sea needs confirmation. [details]

From regional or thematic species database
Habitat abyssal [details]