Ramazzottius baumanni
Creators: name: Kaczmarek, Łukasz
name: Michalczyk, Łukasz
name: Mcinnes, Sandra J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Tardigrada
Heterotardigrada
Parachela
Hypsibiidae
Ramazzottius
Ramazzottius baumanni

description: 121. Ramazzottius baumanni (Ramazzotti, 1962a) [T]
Hypsibius (Hypsibius) baumanni spec. nov. (Ramazzotti 1962a) Hypsibius baumanni Ram. (Iharos 1963)
Hypsibius (Hypsibius) baumanni Ramazzotti, 1962 (Ramazzotti 1964a)
Hypsibius (Hypsibius) baumanni (Ramazzotti 1964b)
H. (H.) baumanni Ramazzotti, 1962 (Claps & Rossi 1981)
H. baumanni Ramazzotti, 1962 (Claps & Rossi 1984)
Hypsibius baumanni Ramazzotti, 1962 (Claps & Rossi 1988, Maucci 1988)
Ramazzottius baumanni (Ramazzotti) (Claps & Rossi 1997)
Terra typica: Chile (South America)
Argentina:
• 23°36′S, 65°04′W; 2,000 m asl: Jujuy Province, Departamento Santa Bárbara, lichens in a vineyard. Claps & Rossi (1984)
• 24°44′S, 65°29′W; 1,350 m asl: Salta Province, San Lorenzo, lichens on tree in the mountains. Claps & Rossi (1984)
• 24°45′S, 65°28′W; 1,300 m asl: Salta Province, road from Salta to San Lorenzo, lichens on tree. Claps & Rossi (1984)
• 24°55′S, 64°09′W; 400 m asl: Salta Province, road from Las Lajitas to J.V. González, lichens on tree in the mountains. Claps & Rossi (1984)
• 25°38′S, 65°39′W; 1,250 m asl: Salta Province, road from Cafayate to Salta, lichens on tree in the mountains. Claps & Rossi (1984)
• 31°43′S, 60°20′W; 50 m asl: Entre Ríos Province, Parque General San Martín, lichens on tree. Claps & Rossi (1988)
• 39°12′S, 70°55′W; 900 m asl: Neuquén Province, Aluminé, Rucachoroi Lake, lichen on tree. Rossi et al. (2009)
• 39°25′S, 71°17′W; 1,000 m asl: Neuquén Province, Aluminé, Quillén Lake, lichen on tree. Rossi et al. (2009)
• 40°07′S, 71°39′W; 700 m asl: Neuquén Province, Hua Hum, Junín de los Andes, mosses on soil and rock. Rossi et al. (2009)
• 40°13′S, 66°57′W: Undefined locality in Rio Negro Province, Arroyo La Cascada, very wet, mosses on soil on the shore. Claps & Rossi (1981)
• 41°08′S, 71°20′W; 950 m asl: Rio Negro Province, Cerro Runge, dry, lichen (Ramalina sp.) on tree. Claps & Rossi (1981)
• 41°13′S, 71°30′W; 2,250 m asl: Rio Negro Province, Nahuel Huapí National Park, Cerro Catedral, very wet, mosses on soil, semi-wet lichens on Nothofagus sp. roots, semi-wet lichen (Peltigera sp.) on tree (Nothofagus sp.), semi-wet lichens on tree (Nothofagus sp.) (6 samples). Claps & Rossi (1981)
• 41°59′S, 71°31′W; 360 m asl: Rio Negro Province, El Bolsón, foot of Piltriquitron Mt., mosses on dry ledge. Iharos (1963)
• 41°59′S, 71°31′W; 370 m asl: Rio Negro Province, El Bolsón, foot of Piltriquitron Mt., slope above Pampa Azcona, mosses on soil of shrubby area. Iharos (1963)
• 41°59′S, 71°31′W; 380 m asl: Rio Negro Province, El Bolsón, Piltriquitron Mt., mosses on soil in valley of brook in shaded Libocedrus chilensis forest. Iharos (1963)
• 41°59′S, 71°30′W; 500 m asl: Rio Negro Province, El Bolsón, Piltriquitron Mt., mosses on stones in sunny clearing. Iharos (1963)
• 43°10′S, 71°45′W; 350 m asl: Chubut Province, Los Cipreses, mosses on tree in the forest. Rossi & Claps (1989)
• 50°06′S, 73°20′W; 200 m asl: Santa Cruz Province, Los Glaciares National Park, Bahia Onelli, lichens on tree. Rossi & Claps (1989)
• 50°06′S, 73°18′W; 200 m asl: Santa Cruz Province, Los Glaciares National Park, shores of Argentino Lake, near the Onelli glacier, Nothofagus forests, in the shade, mosses and lichens on trees and rocks. Maucci (1988)
• 50°18′S, 72°48′W; 200 m asl: Santa Cruz Province, shores of Argentino Lake, La Bandera [Puerto Bandera] near El Calafate, lichens on rocks, in full sunlight. Maucci (1988)
Chile:
• 30°25′S – 37°45′S [30 ° 40′S, 71 ° 41′W]; 620 m asl: Type Locality: Region IV Coquimbo (Región de Coquimbo), Fray Jorge, ca. 420 km on north of Santiago de Chile, temperate rainforest, surrounded by steppe, mosses and lichens on tree (Aextoxicom punctatum). Ramazzotti (1962a)
• 33°04′S, 70°57′W; 1,100 m asl: Region RM Metropolitana (Región Metropolitana de Santiago), near Tiltil, leaf litter (Drymis winteri var. chiloense). Ramazzotti (1964a)
• 35°00′S, 70°48′W; 720–735 m asl: Region VII Maule (Región del Maule), Los Queñes/Curicò, mosses on rocks. Ramazzotti (1964a)
• 39°50′S, 73°12′W; 30 m asl: Region XIV Los Ríos (Región de Los Ríos), neighbourhood of Valdivia, mosses and lichens. Ramazzotti (1964b)
Uruguay:
• 30°57′S, 57°31′W; 50 m asl: Salto Department, Termas del Arapey, mosses or lichens on rocks, trees or posts or aquatic macrophytes. Claps & Rossi (1997)
• 31°03′S, 57°38′W; 50 m asl: Salto Department, Arroyo Palomas, mosses or lichens on rocks, trees or posts or aquatic macrophytes. Claps & Rossi (1997)
• 32°31′S, 55°46′W: Undefined locality, Cañada Cousillas, mosses or lichens on rocks, trees or posts or aquatic macrophytes. Claps & Rossi (1997)
• 34°25′S, 57°44′W; 50 m asl: Colonia Department, Riachuelo, mosses or lichens on rocks, trees or posts or aquatic macrophytes. Claps & Rossi (1997)
Record numbers: Argentina: 20, Chile: 4, Uruguay: 4; total: 28.
Remarks: This species appears to have a Neotropic-Nearctic distribution (McInnes 1994a), the single New Zealand and Japanese (Utsugi 1988, 1992) records are probably misidentifications.
description: Published as part of Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America, pp. 1-107 in Zootaxa 3923 (1) on pages 50-52, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3923.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/241936