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Echinoderes peterseni Higgins & Kristensen, 1988
101121 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101121)
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Species
marine
Higgins, R. P.; Kristensen, R. M. (1988). Kinorhyncha from Disko Island, West Greenland. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 458: 1-56., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/5536/SCtZ-0458-Lo_res.pdf?sequence= [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype USNM 233222, geounit Disko Island
Holotype USNM 233222, geounit Disko Island [details]
Etymology This species is named in honor of Dr. G. Høpner Petersen, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Danish Arctic Station.
Etymology This species is named in honor of Dr. G. Høpner Petersen, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Danish Arctic Station. [details]
Neuhaus, B. (2025). World Kinorhyncha Database. Echinoderes peterseni Higgins & Kristensen, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101121 on 2025-09-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Higgins, R. P.; Kristensen, R. M. (1988). Kinorhyncha from Disko Island, West Greenland. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 458: 1-56., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/5536/SCtZ-0458-Lo_res.pdf?sequence= [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Neuhaus, B.; van der Land, J. (2001). Cephalorhyncha (=Loricifera, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Nematomorpha), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 159-160 (look up in IMIS) [details]
[request]basis of record Neuhaus, B.; van der Land, J. (2001). Cephalorhyncha (=Loricifera, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Nematomorpha), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 159-160 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Grzelak, K.; Sørensen, M. V. (2018). New species of Echinoderes (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida) from Spitsbergen, with additional information about known Arctic species. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 14(2): 113-147., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2017.1367096
note: emendet description: pp. 139-141, figs 17-18, tab. 8. [details] Available for editors [request]
taxonomy source Zalewska, A.; Herranz, M.; Lubośny, M.; Sørensen, M. V.; Grzelak, K. (2024). To be, or not tu-be? Population structure and connectivity in three Arctic kinorhynch species: Echinoderes aquilonius, Echinoderes eximus and Echinoderes remanei. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 313: 289-297., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2024.10.013 [details] Available for editors [request]
note: emendet description: pp. 139-141, figs 17-18, tab. 8. [details] Available for editors
[request]taxonomy source Zalewska, A.; Herranz, M.; Lubośny, M.; Sørensen, M. V.; Grzelak, K. (2024). To be, or not tu-be? Population structure and connectivity in three Arctic kinorhynch species: Echinoderes aquilonius, Echinoderes eximus and Echinoderes remanei. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 313: 289-297., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2024.10.013 [details] Available for editors
[request]Ecology
ecology source
Grzelak, K.; Sørensen, M. V. (2019). Diversity and community structure of kinorhynchs around Svalbard: First insights into spatial patterns and environmental drivers. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 282: 31-43., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2019.05.009 [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional source
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 [request]
additional source Jeeva, C.; Mohan, P.; Muruganantham, M. (2018). Kinorhyncha distribution in intertidal regions of South Andaman regions. <em>Journal of Marine Biology & Oceanography.</em> 07 (02): 16 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.4172/2324-8661.1000191
note: Description: p. 6. Editor's note: The identity of this specimen needs to be re-evaluated. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Randsø, P. V.; Yamasaki, H.; Bownes, S. J.; Herranz, M.; Di Domenico, M.; Qii, G. B.; Sørensen, M. V. (2019). Phylogeny of the Echinoderes coulli-group (Kinorhyncha : Cyclorhagida : Echinoderidae) – a cosmopolitan species group trapped in the intertidal. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 33: 501-517., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is18069
note: specimen from Greenland, Ikka Fjord, hologenophore deposited at Copenhagen under catalogue number NHMD-213927: GenBak accession number for 18S rRNA sequence MG748848 and for cytochrome c oxidase subu...
[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]additional source Jeeva, C.; Mohan, P.; Muruganantham, M. (2018). Kinorhyncha distribution in intertidal regions of South Andaman regions. <em>Journal of Marine Biology & Oceanography.</em> 07 (02): 16 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.4172/2324-8661.1000191
note: Description: p. 6. Editor's note: The identity of this specimen needs to be re-evaluated. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Randsø, P. V.; Yamasaki, H.; Bownes, S. J.; Herranz, M.; Di Domenico, M.; Qii, G. B.; Sørensen, M. V. (2019). Phylogeny of the Echinoderes coulli-group (Kinorhyncha : Cyclorhagida : Echinoderidae) – a cosmopolitan species group trapped in the intertidal. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 33: 501-517., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is18069
note: specimen from Greenland, Ikka Fjord, hologenophore deposited at Copenhagen under catalogue number NHMD-213927: GenBak accession number for 18S rRNA sequence MG748848 and for cytochrome c oxidase subu...
specimen from Greenland, Ikka Fjord, hologenophore deposited at Copenhagen under catalogue number NHMD-213927: GenBak accession number for 18S rRNA sequence MG748848 and for cytochrome c oxidase subunit I sequence MG756646
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 233222, geounit Disko Island [details]
Nontype NHMD NHMD-116300, geounit Svalbard [details]
Nontype NHMD NHMD-213927, geounit Greenland [details]
Nontype Private DOSMB 6003, geounit Wandoor [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Disko Island [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Disko Island [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Svalbard [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Svalbard [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Svalbard [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Svalbard [details]
Paratype USNM 233223, 233224, 233225, geounit Disko Island [details]
Paratype ZMUC ZMUC-KIN-21, ZMUC-KIN-22, geounit Disko Island [details]
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Etymology This species is named in honor of Dr. G. Høpner Petersen, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Danish Arctic Station. [details]
