WoRMS name details
Kinorhynchus stenopygus Higgins, 1983
265112 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:265112)
unaccepted (new combination)
Species
marine
Higgins, R. P. (1983). The Atlantic barrier reef ecosystem at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, II. Kinorhyncha. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences.</em> 18: 1-131., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.01960768.18.1 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype USNM W70026, geounit Belizean Exclusive...
Holotype USNM W70026, geounit Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Etymology This species name is from the Greek steno (narrow) plus pygos (rump), which reflects the morphology of the terminal segments.
Etymology This species name is from the Greek steno (narrow) plus pygos (rump), which reflects the morphology of the terminal segments. [details]
Neuhaus, B. (2025). World Kinorhyncha Database. Kinorhynchus stenopygus Higgins, 1983. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=265112 on 2025-10-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Higgins, R. P. (1983). The Atlantic barrier reef ecosystem at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, II. Kinorhyncha. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences.</em> 18: 1-131., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.01960768.18.1 [details] Available for editors
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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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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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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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Holotype USNM W70026, geounit Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM W70027, W70028, geounit Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM W70029, geounit Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Etymology This species name is from the Greek steno (narrow) plus pygos (rump), which reflects the morphology of the terminal segments. [details]