Echiniscus merokensis
Echiniscus merokensis is a tardigrade in the genus Echiniscus (Echiniscidae, Echiniscoidea), described by Richters in 1904.
Where it has been recorded
Papers
4 works in our corpus of 5,137 tardigrade papers name it in the title or abstract (0 in the title), from 2003. This is by exact name match, so it misses papers that use an older name or only the genus.
- Water Bears (Tardigrada) of the Bieszczady Mountains (Poland, West Carpathians) (2003, Zootaxa) doi
- Echiniscidae (Tardigrada, Heterotardigrada) from Faial and Pico Islands, the Azores, with the description of two new species (2008, Zootaxa) doi
- Atlas of the Echiniscidae (Heterotardigrada) of the World–part I: West Palaearctic Echiniscus species (2023, Zootaxa) doi
- The Terrestrial and Freshwater Tardigrada of Northeastern North America, with New Records from Maine (2011, Northeastern Naturalist) doi
Classification
| class | Heterotardigrada |
|---|---|
| order | Echiniscoidea |
| family | Echiniscidae |
| genus | Echiniscus |
Synonyms: Echiniscus iharosi Rudescu, 1964; Echiniscus simba Marcus, 1928 according to Gąsiorek et al. 2019d; Echiniscus batramiae Iharos, 1936 according to Gąsiorek & Vončina 2023; Echiniscus columinis Murray, 1911 according to Gąsiorek & Vončina 2023; Echiniscus jagodici Mihelčič, 1951 according to Gąsiorek & Vončina 2023; Echiniscus laterospinosus Rudescu, 1964 according to Gąsiorek & Vončina 2023; Echiniscus merokensis suecicus Thulin, 1911 according to Gąsiorek & Vončina 2023.
Other species of Echiniscus: E. africanus, E. angolensis, E. aonikenk, E. apuanus, E. arcangelii, E. arctomys, E. arthuri, E. attenboroughi, E. azoricus, E. baius, E. baloghi, E. becki, E. belloporus, E. bisculptus, E. blumi, E. brunus, E. calcaratus, E. calvus, E. canadensis, E. canedoi, E. capensis, E. cavagnaroi, E. cervicornis, E. cheonyoungi, E. clevelandi, E. crassispinosus, E. curiosus, E. darienae, E. dentatus, E. dikenli, E. diploglyptus, E. divergens, E. draconis, E. dreyfusi, E. duboisi, E. ehrenbergi, E. elaeinae, E. evelinae, E. gemmatus, E. gracilis, and 78 more.
Look it up
GBIF · NCBI Taxonomy · GenBank sequences · iNaturalist · Google Scholar
Classification, authority and notes: Degma & Guidetti 2026, Actual checklist of Tardigrada species, 45th edition (CC BY 4.0), which asks users also to cite Guidetti & Bertolani 2005 (Zootaxa 845: 1–46) and Degma & Guidetti 2007 (Zootaxa 1579: 41–53).
Records: GBIF.org, accessed 2026-09-20 through the GBIF API; each record belongs to the dataset that published it. The map shows only records released under CC0 or CC BY, with coordinates and no geospatial issue flag.
Papers: our corpus of tardigrade literature from OpenAlex.
How this is built
- Data
- Classification, authority and notes from Degma & Guidetti's 2026 world checklist. Records from GBIF, genomes and sequencing runs from NCBI, papers from our OpenAlex corpus of tardigrade literature, photos from Wikimedia Commons and iNaturalist (CC0 or CC BY), and facts from our knowledge graph, each with its source and page. A page shows only the parts we hold for that species.
- Built with
build_species.pywrites every species page from the checklist, joining each name by exact match to the other collections. Facts are ranked by confidence and evidence, and taken from each source in turn so no single paper fills the list. The records map is drawn as SVG from thinned GBIF coordinates.- Checked
- Only exact matches to accepted names bring in GBIF records, and fossil entries were read against their papers. The pages themselves are not tested against data.
- Limits
- Exact name matching misses papers and sequences filed under older names or only the genus. GBIF identifications are as their publishers made them. A short page means we hold little yet, not that little is known.
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