original description
Pollock, L.W. (1975). Observations on marine Heterotardigrada, including a new genus from the western Atlantic Ocean. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 16, 121–132. [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]
additional source
Bartels, P. J.; Fontoura, P.; Nelson, D. R. (2018). Marine tardigrades of the Bahamas with the description of two new species and updated keys to the species of Anisonyches and Archechiniscus. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4420(1): 43., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4420.1.3 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype USNM No. 50901, geounit Bahamas [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Primarily an intertidal species found in different types of sand sediment (but also reported from the
subtidal zone), this species has been reported from isolated localities in warm waters around the world. [details]