Kinorhyncha taxon details
Pycnophyes egyptensis Higgins, 1966
265123 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:265123)
accepted
Species
marine
Higgins, R. P. (1966). Faunistic studies in the Red Sea (in winter, 1961-1962), Part II: Kinorhynchs from the area of Al-Ghardaqa. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere.</em> 93: 118-126. [details] Available for editors 
Holotype USNM W32927, geounit Red Sea
Holotype USNM W32927, geounit Red Sea [details]
Etymology The species name was derived from the country where it was described from, or as Higgins (1966) wrote: "Prior to this...
Etymology The species name was derived from the country where it was described from, or as Higgins (1966) wrote: "Prior to this report, no species of homalorhagid kinorhynch has been described
from the Red Sea-Indian Ocean area." [details]
from the Red Sea-Indian Ocean area." [details]
Neuhaus, B. (2021). World Kinorhyncha Database. Pycnophyes egyptensis Higgins, 1966. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/kinorhyncha/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=265123 on 2024-05-05
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Higgins, R. P. (1966). Faunistic studies in the Red Sea (in winter, 1961-1962), Part II: Kinorhynchs from the area of Al-Ghardaqa. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere.</em> 93: 118-126. [details] Available for editors
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Neuhaus, B. (2013). 5. Kinorhyncha (= Echinodera). In: Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (Ed.), Handbook of Zoology, Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia and Gnathifera, Volume 1: Nematomorpha, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Loricifera. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin,. pp. 181-348. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110272536.181 [details] Available for editors
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Neuhaus, B. (2013). 5. Kinorhyncha (= Echinodera). In: Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (Ed.), Handbook of Zoology, Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia and Gnathifera, Volume 1: Nematomorpha, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Loricifera. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin,. pp. 181-348. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110272536.181 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM W32927, geounit Red Sea [details]
Paratype USNM W32928, 1209822 - 1209824, geounit Red Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology The species name was derived from the country where it was described from, or as Higgins (1966) wrote: "Prior to this report, no species of homalorhagid kinorhynch has been describedfrom the Red Sea-Indian Ocean area." [details]
