Tardigrades from the Southern Appalachian Mountains
Riggin GT. 1964. Tardigrades from the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 83(3):277-282
Studies in the United States have recorded the collection of relatively few species of tardigrades. Mathews (1938) listed twelve marine and semiaquatic species which were known from the United States. More recently, other papers concerned with the fauna of this country have been those of Curtin (1948, 1957), Ramazzotti (1956, 1957), Higgins (1959, 1960), Baumann (1960), Boudrye (1960), and Riggin (1962), which collectively have increased the number of known species to thirty-six. The latter paper incorporated numerous taxonomic changes which are followed in the present report. The principal purpose of this paper is to record the results of collections of semiaquatic tardigrades of moss and lichens primarily from the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina and South Carolina.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Riggin, G
- Units
- BLRI
- Keywords
- Biodiversity, Devil's Courthouse, Invertebrates, Southern Appalachians, Tardigrades, waterbears
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Terrestrial Invertebrates