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Kinorhynchus phyllotropis Brown & Higgins, 1983
265109 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:265109)
unaccepted (new combination)
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marine
Brown, R.; Higgins, R. P. (1983). A new species of Kinorhynchus (Homalorhagida, Pycnophyidae) from Australia with a redescription and range extension of other Kinorhyncha from the South Pacific. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 12(3): 161-169., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1983.tb00561.x
note: The publisher's homepage says: First published: July 1983 (see https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1983.tb00561.x). [details] Available for editors
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Holotype AM W196192, geounit Australian Exclusive...
Holotype AM W196192, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Etymology The name of the new species is derived from the Greek words phyllon, ''leaf'' and tropis, "ridge", referring to the...
Etymology The name of the new species is derived from the Greek words phyllon, ''leaf'' and tropis, "ridge", referring to the foliaceous appearance of cuticular inclusions in the dorsal midline when seen under the light microscope. [details]
Neuhaus, B. (2025). World Kinorhyncha Database. Kinorhynchus phyllotropis Brown & Higgins, 1983. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=265109 on 2025-10-12
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Brown, R.; Higgins, R. P. (1983). A new species of Kinorhynchus (Homalorhagida, Pycnophyidae) from Australia with a redescription and range extension of other Kinorhyncha from the South Pacific. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 12(3): 161-169., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1983.tb00561.x
note: The publisher's homepage says: First published: July 1983 (see https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1983.tb00561.x). [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]
note: The publisher's homepage says: First published: July 1983 (see https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1983.tb00561.x). [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
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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]
additional source Brown, R. (1989). Morphology and ultrastructure of the sensory appendages of a kinorhynch introvert. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 18(4): 471-482., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1989.tb00141.x
note: SEM and TEM of introvert scalids [details] Available for editors [request]
biology source Brown, R. (1983). Spermatophore transfer and subsequent sperm development in a homalorhagid kinorhynch. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 12(4): 257-266., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1983.tb00509.x
note: light microscopical and TEM aspects of spermatophore and sperm development [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Brown, R. (1989). Morphology and ultrastructure of the sensory appendages of a kinorhynch introvert. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 18(4): 471-482., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1989.tb00141.x
note: SEM and TEM of introvert scalids [details] Available for editors
[request]biology source Brown, R. (1983). Spermatophore transfer and subsequent sperm development in a homalorhagid kinorhynch. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 12(4): 257-266., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1983.tb00509.x
note: light microscopical and TEM aspects of spermatophore and sperm development [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AM W196192, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype AM W196193, W196194, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype BM BM(NH)-1983.1.1, BM(NH)-1983.1.2, BM(NH)-1983.1.2, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype MMUS MM-INV 1, MM-INV 2, MM-INV 3, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype SMNH 3216, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM 74006 - 74009, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Etymology The name of the new species is derived from the Greek words phyllon, ''leaf'' and tropis, "ridge", referring to the foliaceous appearance of cuticular inclusions in the dorsal midline when seen under the light microscope. [details]
