original description
Dastych, H. (1984). The Tardigrada from Antarctic with descriptions of
several new species. <em>Acta zoologica cracoviensia, 27:77�436.</em> [details] Available for editors 
basis of record
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
Dastych, H. (1984). The Tardigrada from Antarctic with descriptions of
several new species. <em>Acta zoologica cracoviensia, 27:77�436.</em> [details] Available for editors 
new combination reference
Gasiorek, P.; Morek, W.; Stec, D.; Michalczyk, L. (2019). Untangling the <i>Echiniscus</i> Gordian knot: paraphyly of the �<i>arctomys</i> group� (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae). <em>Cladistics.</em> 35(6): 633-653., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12377 [details] Available for editors 
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Distribution Southern Ocean islands [details]