WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Pollock, L.W. (1975). Observations on marine Heterotardigrada, including a new genus from the western Atlantic Ocean. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 16, 121–132. [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]
Other
Holotype USNM No. 50901, geounit Bahamas [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Primarily an intertidal species found in different types of sand sediment (but also reported from the
subtidal zone), this species has been reported from isolated localities in warm waters around the world. [details]
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