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Echinoderes ehlersi Zelinka, 1913
265066 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:265066)
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Species
marine
Zelinka, C. (1913). Die Echinoderen der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. <em>Deutsche Südpolar Expedition.</em> XIV Zoologie VI: 419-437, pl. XXXIX. [details] 
Holotype uncatalogued, geounit Zanzibar Archipelago
Holotype uncatalogued, geounit Zanzibar Archipelago [details]
Etymology [The species is most probably named after Ernst Ehlers, a famous zoologist of that time at the University of Göttingen.]
Etymology [The species is most probably named after Ernst Ehlers, a famous zoologist of that time at the University of Göttingen.] [details]
Neuhaus, B. (2025). World Kinorhyncha Database. Echinoderes ehlersi Zelinka, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=265066 on 2025-09-22
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Nomenclature
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Zelinka, C. (1913). Die Echinoderen der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. <em>Deutsche Südpolar Expedition.</em> XIV Zoologie VI: 419-437, pl. XXXIX. [details]
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]
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
Sørensen, M. V.; Goetz, F. E.; Herranz, M.; Chang, C. Y.; Chatterjee, T.; Durucan, F.; Neves, R. C.; Yildiz, N. Ö.; Norenburg, J.; Yamasaki, H. (2020). Description, redescription and revision of sixteen putatively closely related species of Echinoderes (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida), with the proposition of a new species group – the Echinoderes dujardinii group. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 730: 1-101., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.730.1197
note: Sørensen et al. 2020, pp. 5, 6, 20, 21, tabs 1, 5, descritive notes from Zelinka (1913): specimens of Higgins & Rao (1979, pp. 79-83, fig. 2) not E. ehlersi but E. chandrasekharai Sørensen & Chatter...
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redescription Higgins, R. P.; Rao, G. C. (1979). Kinorhynchs from the Andaman Islands. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 67(1): 75-85. [details] Available for editors [request]
note: Sørensen et al. 2020, pp. 5, 6, 20, 21, tabs 1, 5, descritive notes from Zelinka (1913): specimens of Higgins & Rao (1979, pp. 79-83, fig. 2) not E. ehlersi but E. chandrasekharai Sørensen & Chatter...
Sørensen et al. 2020, pp. 5, 6, 20, 21, tabs 1, 5, descritive notes from Zelinka (1913): specimens of Higgins & Rao (1979, pp. 79-83, fig. 2) not E. ehlersi but E. chandrasekharai Sørensen & Chatterjee, 2020 in Sørensen et al., 2020 and Echinoderes sp.
[request]redescription Higgins, R. P.; Rao, G. C. (1979). Kinorhynchs from the Andaman Islands. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 67(1): 75-85. [details] Available for editors
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Rao, G. Chandrasekhara. (1980). On the zoogeography of the interstitial meiofauna of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Indian Ocean. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 77(1-4):153-178, figs. 1-3, tabs. 1-2. (xii-1980)
note: Reports occurrence of Cateria gerlachi, Echinoderes andamanensis, and E. ehlersi in India. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Zelinka, K. (1928). Monographie der Echinodera. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 1-396, plates I-XXVII.
note: Original description by Zelinka (1913) reproduced, diagnosis given. [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
note: Reports occurrence of Cateria gerlachi, Echinoderes andamanensis, and E. ehlersi in India. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Zelinka, K. (1928). Monographie der Echinodera. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 1-396, plates I-XXVII.
note: Original description by Zelinka (1913) reproduced, diagnosis given. [details] Available for editors
[request]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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype uncatalogued, geounit Zanzibar Archipelago [details]
Nontype uncatalogued, geounit Lakshadweep [details]
Nontype USNM W55391, geounit South Andaman Islands [details]
Nontype USNM W55392, W55394, W55395, W55397, geounit South Andaman Islands [details]
Nontype USNM W55393, W55396, W55398 - W55404, geounit South Andaman Islands [details]
Nontype ZSIC ZSI P 3024/1, ZSI P 3025/1, geounit South Andaman Islands [details]
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Etymology [The species is most probably named after Ernst Ehlers, a famous zoologist of that time at the University of Göttingen.] [details]
