title: Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part I: Central America.
abstract: Dividing the world into nine regions, this first paper describes literature records of the limno-terrestrial tardigrades (Tardigrada) reported from Central America. Updating previously published species lists we have revised the taxonomy and provided additional habitat, geographic co-ordinates, and biogeographic comments. It is hoped this work will serve as a reference point and background for further zoogeographic studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, A. Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland; Email: kaczmar@amu.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Łukasz
authors.initials: Ł
authors.lastname: Kaczmarek
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30-387 Kraków, Poland; Email: LM@tardigrada.net.
authors.forename: Łukasz
authors.initials: Ł
authors.lastname: Michalczyk
authors.affiliation: British Antarctic Survey, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK; Email: s.mcinnes@bas.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Sandra J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: McInnes
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D002489:Central America; D017753:Ecosystem; D058467:Tardigrada / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology*