WoRMS name details
Pycnophyes longicornis Higgins, 1983
265130 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:265130)
unaccepted (new combination)
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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 W70003, geounit Belizean Exclusive...
Holotype USNM W70003, geounit Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Etymology This species name is from the Latin longus (long) plus cornus (horn), referring to the lateral terminal spines which, as...
Etymology This species name is from the Latin longus (long) plus cornus (horn), referring to the lateral terminal spines which, as typically extended, suggest the appearance of the "longhorn" cattle of the southwestern United States. [details]
Neuhaus, B. (2025). World Kinorhyncha Database. Pycnophyes longicornis Higgins, 1983. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=265130 on 2025-08-24
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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 W70003, geounit Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM W70004, W70005, geounit Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM W70006, geounit Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM W70007, geounit Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Etymology This species name is from the Latin longus (long) plus cornus (horn), referring to the lateral terminal spines which, as typically extended, suggest the appearance of the "longhorn" cattle of the southwestern United States. [details]
