WoRMS taxon details
Echinoderes bispinosus Higgins, 1982
265060 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:265060)
accepted
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.
note: E. bispinosus Higgins, 1982: pp. 307-310, Figs 1-2. [details] Available for editors
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note: E. bispinosus Higgins, 1982: pp. 307-310, Figs 1-2. [details] Available for editors
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Holotype USNM W71739, geounit Bermuda Islands
Holotype USNM W71739, geounit Bermuda Islands [details]
Etymology "The name on this species is derived from the Latin roots bi, "two" and spina, "thorn.""
Etymology "The name on this species is derived from the Latin roots bi, "two" and spina, "thorn."" [details]
Neuhaus, B. (2025). World Kinorhyncha Database. Echinoderes bispinosus Higgins, 1982. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=265060 on 2025-09-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Higgins, R. P. (1982). Three new species of Kinorhyncha from Bermuda. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 101(4): 305-316.
note: E. bispinosus Higgins, 1982: pp. 307-310, Figs 1-2. [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]
note: E. bispinosus Higgins, 1982: pp. 307-310, Figs 1-2. [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]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Sönmez, S.; Köruglu, N. Ö.; Karaytug, S. (2016). First record of the family Echinoderidae Zelinka, 1894 (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida) from Turkish marine waters. <em>Biharean Biology.</em> 10 (1): 8-11 (article e151205)., available online at https://biozoojournals.ro/bihbiol/cont/v10n1/bb_e151205_Somnez.pdf
note: Emendet description: Echinoderes aff. bispinosus, pp. 9-10, figs 3-5. [details] Available for editors [request]
note: Emendet description: Echinoderes aff. bispinosus, pp. 9-10, figs 3-5. [details] Available for editors
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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 [request]
additional source Sørensen, M. V. (2014). First account of echinoderid kinorhynchs from Brazil, with the description of three new species. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 44(3): 251-274., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-013-0181-4
note: Morphology: pp. 271-273, fig. 12. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Sørensen, M. V. (2014). First account of echinoderid kinorhynchs from Brazil, with the description of three new species. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 44(3): 251-274., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-013-0181-4
note: Morphology: pp. 271-273, fig. 12. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM W71739, geounit Bermuda Islands [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Izmir Bay [details]
Paratype USNM W71740, geounit Bermuda Islands [details]
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Etymology "The name on this species is derived from the Latin roots bi, "two" and spina, "thorn."" [details]
