Taxonavigation

Familia: Milnesiidae
Genus: Limmenius
Species: Limmenius porcellus

Name

• Limmenius porcellus Horning, Schuster & Grigarick, 1978
  • Authority for placement: objective (type species)
  • Original genus: Limmenius Horning, Schuster & Grigarick, 1978
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description:
    • Repository: MONZ, as 'National Museum of New Zealand - NM Arthropoda 10/26' AT.000008
  • Type locality: 'South Island, Arthurs Pass National Park, Halpins Creek, 42°58'30''S,171°34'44''E'

Primary references

• Horning, D.S., jr.; Schuster, R.O.; Grigarick, A.A. 1978: Tardigrada of New Zealand. New Zealand journal of zoology 5(2): 185–280. BUGZ Google books Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 249, and figs. 154-156]

Additional references

• Guidetti, R. and Bertolani, R., 2005. Tardigrade taxonomy: an updated check list of the taxa and a list of characters for their identification. Zootaxa, issue 845: 1–46.
• Schuster, R.O., Nelson, D.R., Grigarick, A.A., and Christenberry, D., 1980. Systematic Criteria of the Eutardigrada. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, vol. 99, no. 3: 284–303.