XXIV.—Scottish Tardigrada, collected by the Lake Survey

James Murray
1907 Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh  
In 1905 there was published an account of the Tardigrada collected in the Scottish Lochs by the Lake Survey (6). At that date we were able to name 21 species. The subsequent work of the Survey has enabled us to add a number of species to the list.Moreover, the wanderings of the members of the Survey over every part of Scotland offered an excellent opportunity for the study of the whole Tardigrade Fauna. A recent journey to the Orkney and Shetland Islands added much of interest to our knowledge
more » ... f Tardigrada, though few of the species found were lacustrine. The work of Mr Wm. Evans in the basin of the Forth has also added much of value to our records of Tardigrada (7), (10).
doi:10.1017/s0080456800011777 fatcat:2rjkcmjvjzdctlhg3uri2ef6uu