Check List 17(4): 1131-1136, doi: 10.15560/17.4.1131
First tardigrade records from San Pedro Mártir, Baja California, Mexico
Patricia G. Núñez‡, Gisela A. León-Espinosa§, Roberto Vázquez|, Manet E. Peña-Salinas¶|, Gabino A. Rodríguez-Almaraz#, Antonio Moreno-Talamantes¤‡ Laboratorio de Astrobiología, Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ensenada, Mexico§ Departamento de Entomología y Artrópodos, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico| Laboratorio de Astrobiología, Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ensenada, Mexico¶ Facultad de Ciencias Marinas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada, Mexico# Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Nuevo León, Mexico¤ Especies, Sociedad y Hábitat A.C., Apodaca, Mexico
Corresponding author: Patricia G. Núñez ( pgnunez@astro.unam.mx ) Academic editor: André Rinaldo Garraffoni © Patricia G. Núñez, Gisela A. León-Espinosa, Roberto Vázquez, Manet E. Peña-Salinas, Gabino A. Rodríguez-Almaraz, Antonio Moreno-Talamantes. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
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Abstract
A total of 66 specimens representing four tardigrade taxa were found in 14 moss and lichen samples collected from the bark of Jeffrey’s Pine, Pinus jeffreyi Balf., in the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir (Baja California, north-western Mexico). Two taxa were identified to the species level (Echiniscus becki Schuster & Grigarick, 1966 and E. blumi Richters, 1903), and two to the genus level (Milnesium sp. and Ramazzottius sp.). These are the first tardigrade records from the state of Baja California, and they increase the known tardigrade diversity of Mexico to 84 species.
Keywords
Biodiversity, distribution, Tardigrada, Echiniscus blumi, Echiniscus becki