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Testechiniscus spitzbergensis  (Scourfield, 1897)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 710532

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Echiniscus spitsbergensis Scourfield, 1897
  
    Echiniscus spitzbergensis Scourfield, 1897
  
    Testechiniscus spitsbergensis (Scourfield, 1897)
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - minimum standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria   
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumTardigrada  – tardigrades, water bears, tardigrades, tardígrado  
                ClassHeterotardigrada Marcus, 1927 – heterotardigrades  
                   OrderEchiniscoidea Marcus, 1927  
                      FamilyEchiniscidae Thulin, 1928  
                         GenusTestechiniscus Kristensen, 1987  
                            SpeciesTestechiniscus spitzbergensis (Scourfield, 1897)  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Guidetti, Roberto, and Roberto Bertolani  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Tardigrade taxonomy: an updated check list of the taxa and a list of characters for their identification   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, issue 845   
  Page(s): 1-46   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
  Notes: Online edition ISSN is 1175-5334: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/   
  Reference for: Testechiniscus spitzbergensis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Maucci, Walter  
  Publication Date: 1996   
  Article/Chapter Title: Tardigrada of the Arctic tundra with descriptions of two new species   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 116, nos. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 185-204   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0024-4082   
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  Reference for: Testechiniscus spitzbergensis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Richters, F.  
  Publication Date: 1903   
  Article/Chapter Title: Nordische Tardigraden   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zoologischer Anzeiger, vol. 27, no. 5   
  Page(s): 168-172   
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  Reference for: Testechiniscus spitzbergensis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Scourfield, D. J.  
  Publication Date: 1897   
  Article/Chapter Title: Contributions to the Non-Marine Fauna of Spitsbergen: Part I: Preliminary Notes, and Reports on the Rhizopoda, Tardigrada, Entomostraca, etc.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1987, Part III   
  Page(s): 784-792   
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  Reference for: Testechiniscus spitzbergensis   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    North America  
       
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  Comment: The original spelling was given by Scourfield as "spitsbergensis," (and he consistently spelled the location "Spitsbergen" in that work) which is also the spelling used in many major tardigrade works. For some reason Guidetti & Bertolani (2005) have spelled it "spitzbergensis" (as did Richters, 1903, without comment). Further research may be needed to establish whether this modified spelling was intentional and permitted under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature  
 

 

    

 
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