WoRMS name details
Kinorhynchus trisetosus Higgins, 1983
265113 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:265113)
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 W70030, geounit Belizean Exclusive...
Holotype USNM W70030, geounit Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Etymology The name of this species is from the Latin tres (three) plus seta (bristle), reflecting the three lateral setae condition...
Etymology The name of this species is from the Latin tres (three) plus seta (bristle), reflecting the three lateral setae condition of the penultimate segment. [details]
Neuhaus, B. (2025). World Kinorhyncha Database. Kinorhynchus trisetosus Higgins, 1983. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=265113 on 2025-10-09
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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 [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]
[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]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM W70030, geounit Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM W70031, W70032, geounit Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM W70033, geounit Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Etymology The name of this species is from the Latin tres (three) plus seta (bristle), reflecting the three lateral setae condition of the penultimate segment. [details]
