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Raiarctus variabilis D' Addabbo Gallo, Grimaldi de Zio & Morone De Lucia 1986

Distribution

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This is a northern hemisphere species with a largely Mediterranean basin based distribution, but it has also been reported from the Maldives, Indian Ocean. This subtidal species has been reported from different types of sand and sediments, and also in marine caves.

Reference

Kaczmarek, Ł.; Bartels, P. J.; Roszkowska, M.; Nelson, D. R. (2015). The Zoogeography of Marine Tardigrada. Zootaxa. 4037(1): 1-189.

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