WoRMS name details
Kinorhynchus fimbriatus Higgins, 1982
265105 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:265105)
unaccepted (new combination)
Species
marine
Higgins, R. P. (1982). Three new species of Kinorhyncha from Bermuda. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 101(4): 305-316. [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype USNM W71744, geounit Bermuda Islands
Holotype USNM W71744, geounit Bermuda Islands [details]
Etymology The name of the species was derived from Latin fimbria, fringe and referred to the terminal fringe on segment 11 as Higgins...
Etymology The name of the species was derived from Latin fimbria, fringe and referred to the terminal fringe on segment 11 as Higgins (1982, p. 315) wrote: "The prominent terminal fringe on tergal plate 13 is a unique character within the genus Kinorhynchus; none of the other eight species have this structure." [details]
Neuhaus, B. (2025). World Kinorhyncha Database. Kinorhynchus fimbriatus Higgins, 1982. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=265105 on 2025-06-29
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Nomenclature
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Higgins, R. P. (1982). Three new species of Kinorhyncha from Bermuda. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 101(4): 305-316. [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
new combination reference Sánchez, N.; Yamasaki, H.; Pardos, F.; Sørensen, M. V.; Martínez, A. (2016). Morphology disentangles the systematics of a ubiquitous but elusive meiofaunal group (Kinorhyncha: Pycnophyidae). <em>Cladistics.</em> 32(5): 479-505., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12143 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]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]
new combination reference Sánchez, N.; Yamasaki, H.; Pardos, F.; Sørensen, M. V.; Martínez, A. (2016). Morphology disentangles the systematics of a ubiquitous but elusive meiofaunal group (Kinorhyncha: Pycnophyidae). <em>Cladistics.</em> 32(5): 479-505., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12143 [details] Available for editors
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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 [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM W71744, geounit Bermuda Islands [details]
Paratype USNM W71745, W71746, geounit Bermuda Islands [details]
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Etymology The name of the species was derived from Latin fimbria, fringe and referred to the terminal fringe on segment 11 as Higgins (1982, p. 315) wrote: "The prominent terminal fringe on tergal plate 13 is a unique character within the genus Kinorhynchus; none of the other eight species have this structure." [details]
