First tardigrade records from San Pedro Mártir, Baja California, Mexico

By

Núñez, Patricia G.
León-Espinosa, Gisela A.
Vázquez, Roberto
Peña-Salinas, Manet E.
Rodríguez-Almaráz, Gabino A.
Moreno Talamantes, Antonio

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021-8-17

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

17

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

1131--1136

Subjects

Biodiversity , Distribution , Echiniscus becki , Echiniscus blumi , Tardigrada

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/17.4.1131

 

Abstract

A total of 66 specimens representing four tardigrade taxa were found in 14 moss and lichen samples collected from the bark of Jeffrey’s Pine, Pinus jeffreyi Balf., in the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir (Baja California, north-western Mexico). Two taxa were identified to the species level (Echiniscus becki Schuster & Grigarick, 1966 and E. blumi Richters, 1903), and two to the genus level (Milnesium sp. and Ramazzottius sp.). These are the first tardigrade records from the state of Baja California, and they increase the known tardigrade diversity of Mexico to 84 species.