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.
Highlights
Tardigrades, commonly known as “water bears”, are microscopic metazoans with body lengths typically between 0.1–1.2 mm
The 2009 Inventory of Irish Fauna, by the Irish National Parks and Wildlife Service, included the Tardigrada (Smith 2009) but did not consider all literature pertaining to Irish tardigrades and only listed numerical values for species per family
Irish species that have not undergone alterations of their taxonomic position since their original recording in Ireland are not discussed in detail
Summary
Tardigrada of Ireland: a review of records and an updated checklist of species including a new addition to the Irish fauna. McInnes | Received 24 February 2016 | Accepted 23 August 2016 | Published 12 September 2016 http://zoobank.org/015C6493-5EBB-4AE0-A77E-F8287EB2ABE0
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