Tardigrada of Ireland: a review of records and an updated checklist of species including a new addition to the Irish fauna.
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.
Animal Ecology & Conservation Unit, Department of Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, Martin Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, Republic of Ireland.
Erica
E
DeMilio
Animal Ecology & Conservation Unit, Department of Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, Martin Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, Republic of Ireland.
Colin
C
Lawton
Marine Biology & Ecology Research Centre, Plymouth University, Drakes Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom.
Nigel J
NJ
Marley
Ireland; Tardigrada; historical records; species list
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