Tardigrada of Ireland: a review of records and an updated checklist of species including a new addition to the Irish fauna

By

DeMilio, Erica
Lawton, Colin
Marley, Nigel J.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

616

Pages

77-101

Subjects

historical records , Ireland , species list , Tardigrada

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.616.8222

 

Abstract

The phylum Tardigrada was not recorded in Ireland until the Clare Island Survey of 1909–1911, with only rare subsequent reports on Irish tardigrade species. In recent decades, significant taxonomic revision has occurred within Tardigrada. This has resulted in the need for a review of all known historical records from Ireland and Northern Ireland in order to produce an updated checklist of valid taxa. The new checklist includes fifty-one tardigrade species and subspecies including a new addition to the Irish fauna reported herein, Echiniscus quadrispinosus quadrispinosus Richters, 1902 from Newtown, Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare.