original description
Chang, C.Y. & Rho, H.S. (1997). Two new marine tardigrades from Palawan Island, the Philippines. <em>The Korean Journal of Biological Sciences,.</em> 1: 419-423. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source
Degma, P.; Bertolani, R.; Guidetti, R. (2009-2016). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species. (Assessed 10/02/2017) pp. 46., available online at http://www.tardigrada.modena.unimo.it/miscellanea/Actual%20checklist%20of%20Tardigrada.pdf [details]
Holotype USNM, verbatimGeounit Snake Island, Honda ... [details]
Paratype USNM, verbatimGeounit Snake Island, Honda ... [details]
Paratype USNM, verbatimGeounit Snake Island, Honda ... [details]
Paratype USNM, verbatimGeounit Snake Island, Honda ... [details]
Paratype, verbatimGeounit Snake Island, Honda ... [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution This species is known only from a few subtidal localities in Asia, collected only in coral sand. [details]