URMO taxon details
Pycnophyes Zelinka, 1907
101089 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101089)
accepted
Genus
Pycnophyes communis Zelinka, 1908 (type by monotypy)
Centrophyes Zelinka, 1907 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (juvenile stage of Pycnophyidae)
Hyalophyes Zelinka, 1907 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (juvenile stage of Pycnophyidae)
- Species Pycnophyes alexandroi Pardos, Sánchez & Herranz, 2016
- Species Pycnophyes almansae Sánchez, Herranz, Benito & Pardos, 2014
- Species Pycnophyes ancalagon Sřrensen & Grzelak, 2018
- Species Pycnophyes apotomus (Higgins, 1983) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016
- Species Pycnophyes aulacodes Sánchez, Pardos, Herranz & Benito, 2011
- Species Pycnophyes beaufortensis Higgins, 1964
- Species Pycnophyes communis Zelinka, 1908
- Species Pycnophyes egyptensis Higgins, 1966
- Species Pycnophyes frequens Blake, 1930
- Species Pycnophyes giganteus (Zelinka, 1908) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016
- Species Pycnophyes ilyocryptus (Higgins, 1961) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016
- Species Pycnophyes kukulkan Sánchez & Martínez, 2019
- Species Pycnophyes neuhausi Higgins, 2004 in Martorelli & Higgins, 2004
- Species Pycnophyes newguiniensis Adrianov, 1999 in Adrianov & Malakhov, 1999
- Species Pycnophyes newzealandiensis Adrianov, 1999 in Adrianov & Malakhov, 1999
- Species Pycnophyes norenburgi Herranz, Sánchez, Pardos & Higgins, 2014
- Species Pycnophyes oshoroensis Yamasaki, Kajihara & Mawatari, 2012
- Species Pycnophyes paraneapolitanus (Sheremetevskij, 1974) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016
- Species Pycnophyes parasanjuanensis Adrianov & Higgins, 1996
- Species Pycnophyes robustus Zelinka, 1928
- Species Pycnophyes sanjuanensis Higgins, 1961
- Species Pycnophyes schornikovi Adrianov, 1999 in Adrianov & Malakhov, 1999
- Species Pycnophyes stenopygus (Higgins, 1983) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016
- Species Pycnophyes tubuliferus Adrianov, 1989
- Species Pycnophyes zelinkaei Southern, 1914
- Species Pycnophyes abyssorum Adrianov & Maiorova, 2015 accepted as Cristaphyes abyssorum (Adrianov & Maiorova, 2015) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes acercus (Reinhard, 1885) Bacescu, 1968 accepted as Kinorhynchus acercus (Reinhard, 1885) (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes arctous Adrianov, 1999 in Adrianov & Malakhov, 1999 accepted as Cristaphyes arctous (Adrianov, 1999 in Adrianov & Malakhov, 1999) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes argentinensis Martorelli & Higgins, 2004 accepted as Krakenella argentinensis (Martorelli & Higgins, 2004) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes australensis Lemburg, 2002 accepted as Setaphyes australensis (Lemburg, 2002) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes barentsi Adrianov, 1999 in Adrianov & Malakhov, 1999 accepted as Krakenella barentsi (Adrianov, 1999 in Adrianov & Malakhov, 1999) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes borealis Higgins & Korczynski, 1989 accepted as Krakenella borealis (Higgins & Korczynski, 1989) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes calmani Zelinka, 1928 accepted as Pycnophyes communis Zelinka, 1908 (junior synonym)
- Species Pycnophyes canadensis Higgins & Korczynski, 1989 accepted as Krakenella canadensis (Higgins & Korczynski, 1989) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes carinata Zelinka, 1912 accepted as Pycnophyes carinatus Zelinka, 1912 accepted as Cristaphyes carinatus (Zelinka, 1912) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (erroneus spelling)
- Species Pycnophyes carinatus Zelinka, 1912 accepted as Cristaphyes carinatus (Zelinka, 1912) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes chalgap Sánchez, Rho, Min, Kim & Sřrensen, 2013 accepted as Leiocanthus chalgap (Sánchez, Rho, Min, Kim & Sřrensen, 2013) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes chilensis Lang, 1953 accepted as Cristaphyes chilensis (Lang, 1953) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes chukchiensis Higgins, 1991 accepted as Cristaphyes chukchiensis (Higgins, 1991) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes corrugatus Higgins, 1983 accepted as Leiocanthus corrugatus (Higgins, 1983) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes cristatus Sánchez, Rho, Min, Ki & Sřrensen, 2013 accepted as Cristaphyes cristatus (Sánchez, Rho, Min, Kim & Sřrensen, 2013) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes cryopygus Higgins & Kristensen, 1988 accepted as Cristaphyes cryopygus (Higgins & Kristensen, 1988) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes dentatus (Reinhard, 1881) accepted as Setaphyes dentatus (Reinhard, 1881) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes dolichurus Sánchez, Pardos, Herranz & Benito, 2011 accepted as Higginsium dolichurum (Sánchez, Pardos, Herranz & Benito, 2011) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes dubius (Reinhard, 1885) accepted as Kinorhynchus dubius (Reinhard, 1885) (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes ecphantor Higgins, 1983 accepted as Leiocanthus ecphantor (Higgins, 1983) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes emarginatus Higgins, 1983 accepted as Leiocanthus emarginatus (Higgins, 1983) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes farinellii Sánchez, Pardos & Sřrensen, 2014 accepted as Krakenella farinellii (Sánchez, Pardos & Sřrensen, 2014) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes faveolus Brown, 1999 in Adrianov & Malakhov, 1999 accepted as Leiocanthus faveolus (Brown, 1999 in Adrianov & Malakhov, 1999) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes flagellatus Zelinka, 1928 accepted as Paracentrophyes quadridentatus (Zelinka, 1928) (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes flaveolata Zelinka, 1908 accepted as Pycnophyes flaveolatus Zelinka, 1908 accepted as Setaphyes flaveolatus (Zelinka, 1908) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (erroneous spelling)
- Species Pycnophyes flaveolatus Zelinka, 1908 accepted as Setaphyes flaveolatus (Zelinka, 1908) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes furugelmi Adrianov, 1999 in Adrianov & Malakhov, 1999 accepted as Cristaphyes furugelmi (Adrianov, 1999 in Adrianov & Malakhov, 1999) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes galtsovae Adrianov, 1999 in Adrianov & Malakhov, 1999 accepted as Krakenella galtsovae (Adrianov, 1999 in Adrianov & Malakhov, 1999) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes greenlandicus Higgins & Kristensen, 1988 accepted as Krakenella greenlandica (Higgins & Kristensen, 1988) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes iniorhaptus Higgins, 1983 accepted as Setaphyes iniorhaptus (Higgins, 1983) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes kielensis Zelinka, 1928 accepted as Setaphyes kielensis (Zelinka, 1928) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes lageria Sánchez, Herranz, Benito & Pardos, 2014 accepted as Leiocanthus lageria (Sánchez, Herranz, Benito & Pardos, 2014) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes longicornis Higgins, 1983 accepted as Cristaphyes longicornis (Higgins, 1983) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes maximus Reimer, 1963 accepted as Krakenella maxima (Reimer, 1963) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes metschnikoffi (Reinhard, 1885) accepted as Kinorhynchus metschnikowii (Reinhard, 1885) (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes mokievskii Adrianov, 1995 accepted as Krakenella mokievskii (Adrianov, 1995) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes neapolitanus Bacescu, 1968 accepted as Pycnophyes ponticus (Reinhard, 1881) accepted as Fujuriphyes ponticus (Reinhard, 1881) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016
- Species Pycnophyes nubilis Sánchez, Pardos & Sřrensen, 2014 accepted as Cristaphyes nubilis (Sánchez, Pardos & Sřrensen, 2014) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes odhneri Lang, 1949 accepted as Cristaphyes odhneri (Lang, 1949) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes pardosi Sánchez, Rho, Min, Kim & Sřrensen, 2013 accepted as Leiocanthus pardosi (Sánchez, Rho, Min, Kim & Sřrensen, 2013) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes parvulus (Reinhard, 1881) accepted as Kinorhynchus parvulus (Reinhard, 1881) (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes pellucidus (Reinhard, 1881) Bacescu, 1968 accepted as Pycnophyes kielensis Zelinka, 1928 accepted as Setaphyes kielensis (Zelinka, 1928) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (juvenile stage)
- Species Pycnophyes ponticus (Reinhard, 1881) accepted as Fujuriphyes ponticus (Reinhard, 1881) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes quadridentatus Zelinka, 1928 accepted as Paracentrophyes quadridentatus (Zelinka, 1928) (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes rugosus Zelinka, 1928 accepted as Fujuriphyes rugosus (Zelinka, 1928) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes sculptus Lang, 1949 accepted as Leiocanthus sculptus (Lang, 1949) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes smaug Sánchez, Rho, Min, Kim & Sřrensen, 2013 accepted as Krakenella smaug (Sánchez, Rho, Min, Kim & Sřrensen, 2013) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes spitsbergensis Adrianov, 1995 accepted as Krakenella spitsbergensis (Adrianov, 1995) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sřrensen & Martínez, 2016 (new combination)
- Species Pycnophyes biserratus (Zelinka, 1928) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Pycnophyes conspicuus (Zelinka, 1928) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Pycnophyes curvatus (Zelinka, 1928) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Pycnophyes denticulatus (Zelinka, 1928) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Pycnophyes diffusus (Zelinka, 1928) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Pycnophyes echinoderoides Zelinka, 1928 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Pycnophyes longihastatus (Zelinka, 1928) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Pycnophyes longisetosus (Zelinka, 1928) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Pycnophyes moderatus (Zelinka, 1928) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Pycnophyes naviculus (Zelinka, 1928) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Pycnophyes rectilineatus (Zelinka, 1928) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Pycnophyes solidus (Zelinka, 1928) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Pycnophyes tenuis (Zelinka, 1928) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Pycnophyes validus (Zelinka, 1928) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine
Zelinka, C. (1907). Zur Kenntnis der Echinoderen. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 32(5): 130-136. [details] 
Neuhaus, B. (2021). World Kinorhyncha Database. Pycnophyes Zelinka, 1907. Accessed through: Land J. van der (ed). (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) at: http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101089 on 2025-05-14
Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Pycnophyes Zelinka, 1907. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101089 on 2025-05-14
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original description
Zelinka, C. (1907). Zur Kenntnis der Echinoderen. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 32(5): 130-136. [details] 
original description (of Hyalophyes Zelinka, 1907) Zelinka, C. (1907). Zur Kenntnis der Echinoderen. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 32(5): 130-136. [details]
original description (of Centrophyes Zelinka, 1907) Zelinka, C. (1907). Zur Kenntnis der Echinoderen. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 32(5): 130-136. [details]
basis of record Neuhaus, B.; van der Land, J. (2001). Cephalorhyncha (=Loricifera, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Nematomorpha), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 159-160 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Neuhaus, B.; Higgins, R. P.; Paavo, B. (2010). Phylum Kinorhyncha: mud dragons, New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2 Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. pp. 468-471. [details] Available for editors
identification resource Adrianov, A. V.; Higgins, R. P. (1996). Pycnophyes parasanjuanensis, a new kinorhynch (Kinorhyncha: Homalorhagida: Pycnophyidae) from San Juan Island. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 109 (2): 236-247., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/itempdf/107744 [details] Available for editors
identification resource Adrianov, A. V. (1995). The first description of kinorhynchs from the Spitsbergen Archipelago (Greenland Sea), with a key to the genus Pycnophyes (Homalorhagida, Kinorhyncha). <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 73(8): 1554-1566., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z95-184 [details] Available for editors
identification resource S�nchez, N.; Pardos, F.; S�rensen, M. V. (2014). Deep-sea Kinorhyncha: two new species from the Guinea Basin, with evaluation of an unusual male feature. <em>Organisms Diversity & Evolution.</em> 14(4): 349-361., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-014-0182-6
note: Identification key for species of Pycnophyes without ventral tubes on segment 2 in males. [details] Available for editors
identification resource 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
original description (of Hyalophyes Zelinka, 1907) Zelinka, C. (1907). Zur Kenntnis der Echinoderen. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 32(5): 130-136. [details]
original description (of Centrophyes Zelinka, 1907) Zelinka, C. (1907). Zur Kenntnis der Echinoderen. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 32(5): 130-136. [details]
basis of record Neuhaus, B.; van der Land, J. (2001). Cephalorhyncha (=Loricifera, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Nematomorpha), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 159-160 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Neuhaus, B.; Higgins, R. P.; Paavo, B. (2010). Phylum Kinorhyncha: mud dragons, New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2 Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. pp. 468-471. [details] Available for editors

identification resource Adrianov, A. V.; Higgins, R. P. (1996). Pycnophyes parasanjuanensis, a new kinorhynch (Kinorhyncha: Homalorhagida: Pycnophyidae) from San Juan Island. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 109 (2): 236-247., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/itempdf/107744 [details] Available for editors

identification resource Adrianov, A. V. (1995). The first description of kinorhynchs from the Spitsbergen Archipelago (Greenland Sea), with a key to the genus Pycnophyes (Homalorhagida, Kinorhyncha). <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 73(8): 1554-1566., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z95-184 [details] Available for editors

identification resource S�nchez, N.; Pardos, F.; S�rensen, M. V. (2014). Deep-sea Kinorhyncha: two new species from the Guinea Basin, with evaluation of an unusual male feature. <em>Organisms Diversity & Evolution.</em> 14(4): 349-361., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-014-0182-6
note: Identification key for species of Pycnophyes without ventral tubes on segment 2 in males. [details] Available for editors

identification resource 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




