African Tardigrada. By J. Murray, 



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Distribution of African Species. 



Note. — The above list contains, in addition to the species which 

 I have myself observed, only one species, M. tetronyx Daday. 



Summary. 



There are now 26 species of Tardigrada recorded for all Africa, 

 19 for Tropical Africa, and 17 for South Africa. Twelve species 

 are recorded in my previous paper ; 13 are added in this. 



Seven of the species are as yet only known in Africa. There is 

 too little material to enable us to make a profitable study of the 

 origin and distribution of the African Tardigrade fauna. 



About half of the species are common, and widely distributed 

 over the world; seven are confined to Africa. The remainder are 

 of very limited range, and the distribution is in several instances 

 discontinuous and peculiar. 



F. perarmatus is only known in Africa and Hawaii ; E. duhoisi 

 in Java, Australia, and Africa ; if. richtersii in Ireland, Pacific 



