WoRMS name details
Pycnophyes iniorhaptus Higgins, 1983
265129 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:265129)
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 W70000, geounit Belizean Exclusive...
Holotype USNM W70000, geounit Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Etymology This species name is from the Greek inion (nape of neck) plus rhaptos (stitched), referring to the transverse line of cu...
Etymology This species name is from the Greek inion (nape of neck) plus rhaptos (stitched), referring to the transverse line of cu ticular punctations near the anterior margin of the first trunk segment. [details]
Neuhaus, B. (2025). World Kinorhyncha Database. Pycnophyes iniorhaptus Higgins, 1983. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=265129 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 W70000, geounit Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM W70001, W70002, geounit Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Etymology This species name is from the Greek inion (nape of neck) plus rhaptos (stitched), referring to the transverse line of cu ticular punctations near the anterior margin of the first trunk segment. [details]