original description
Miller, W.R. & Kristensen, R.M. (1999). Tardigrades of the Australian Antarctic: A new species of the marine genus
Echiniscoides from Macquarie Island, Subantarctica. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 238, 289–294. [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]
Allotype ANIC, geounit Macquarie Island [details]
Holotype ANIC, geounit Macquarie Island [details]
Paratype ANIC, geounit Macquarie Island [details]
Paratype KU, geounit Macquarie Island [details]
Paratype ZMC, geounit Macquarie Island [details]
Paratype, geounit Macquarie Island [details]
From editor or global species database
Additional information Known only from the type locality, this species is probably closely related to E. travei, E. s. porphyrae
and E. s. verrucariae, which are also known from similar habitats in the sub-Antarctic. [details]