Table 1 Studied populations of Paramacrobiotus fairbanksi Schill, Förster, Dandekar & Wolf, 20103 (see also Fig. 1).

From: Morphological and genetic variability in cosmopolitan tardigrade species—Paramacrobiotus fairbanksi Schill, Förster, Dandekar & Wolf, 2010

Sample no

Coordinates

Locality and sample description

Remarks

1

41°19′ 36″ N, 19°49′ 08″ E; 112 m asl

Albania, Tirana County, Tirana, near Bunk’Art 2; moss on tree

Present study

2

ca. 67°39′ S, 46°09′ E; 0 m asl

Antarctic, near Vechernia Mt Base; moss (Ceratodon purpureus40 (Hedw.) Brid., 1826)

Kaczmarek et al.9

3

51°24′ 21″ N, 116°14′ 27″ W; 1900 m asl

Canada, Alberta, Banff National

Park, near east end of the Louise Lake; moss on stone

Present study

4

ca. 44°26′ N, 10°51′ E; 510 m asl

Riccò, Modena Province, Italy; beech leaf litter

Kaczmarek et al.9

5

32°44′ 37.3″ N, 16°54′ 14.4″ W; 710 m asl

Portugal, Madeira, Ribera de Brava; moss on rock

Present study

6

47°49′ 57.0″ N, 107°31′ 26.8″ E; 1 432 m asl

Mongolia, Töv Province; moss on rocky hill

Roszkowska et al.41

7

50°03′ 44″ N, 19°57′ 26″ E; 205 m asl

Poland, Lesser Poland Province, Kraków, Jagiellonian University Botanical Garden, Kopernika 27 street; moss on tree

Kaczmarek et al.9

8

40°52′ 42″ N, 03°50′ 45″ W; 1382 m asl

Spain, Madrid; litter, oaks

Guil and Giribet6

9

ca. 64°50′ N, 147°43′ E; 135 m asl

USA, Alaska, Fairbanks; moss

Kaczmarek et al.9