WoRMS name details
Pycnophyes neapolitanus Bacescu, 1968
1456160 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1456160)
unaccepted
Species
marine
Bacescu, M. (1968). Class Kinorhyncha. Determination of the fauna of the Black and Azov Seas. 3rd edition. [2 English translations]. <em>Naukova Dumka.</em> 1, Free-living invertebrates: 237-250.
note: The text represents 2 translations of the original Russian article. Synonymy: Pycnophyes ponticus Zelinka, 1928, nec Reinhardt [sic!] [details] Available for editors
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note: The text represents 2 translations of the original Russian article. Synonymy: Pycnophyes ponticus Zelinka, 1928, nec Reinhardt [sic!] [details] Available for editors

Etymology [The species name was derived from Latin, neapolitanus, from Naples, and referred to Zelinkas specimens of Pycnophyes...
Etymology [The species name was derived from Latin, neapolitanus, from Naples, and referred to Zelinkas specimens of Pycnophyes ponticus from Naples as Bacescu (1968, p. 243) stated: "P. neapolitanus nom. nov. (syn.: Р. ponticus Zelinka, 1928, пес Reinhardt" [sic!]).] [details]
Neuhaus, B. (2025). World Kinorhyncha Database. Pycnophyes neapolitanus Bacescu, 1968. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1456160 on 2025-05-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Bacescu, M. (1968). Class Kinorhyncha. Determination of the fauna of the Black and Azov Seas. 3rd edition. [2 English translations]. <em>Naukova Dumka.</em> 1, Free-living invertebrates: 237-250.
note: The text represents 2 translations of the original Russian article. Synonymy: Pycnophyes ponticus Zelinka, 1928, nec Reinhardt [sic!] [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference 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
note: Higgins 1983: pp. 77, 79-80, P. neapolitanus of Bacescu (1968) and Sheremetevskij (1974) = P. ponticus of Zelinka (1928) [details] Available for editors
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note: The text represents 2 translations of the original Russian article. Synonymy: Pycnophyes ponticus Zelinka, 1928, nec Reinhardt [sic!] [details] Available for editors

new combination reference 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
note: Higgins 1983: pp. 77, 79-80, P. neapolitanus of Bacescu (1968) and Sheremetevskij (1974) = P. ponticus of Zelinka (1928) [details] Available for editors

Other
additional source
Sheremetevskij, A.M. (1974): Kinorhyncha of the Black Sea. Zoologichesky Zhurnal 53(7): 974-987.
note: synonymy: Pycnophyes ponticus Zelinka, 1928; 333, part.; Marinov, 1964: 62, non Reinhard, 1881; Hyalophyes sp. Bacescu, 1956: 546. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Sheremetevskij, A.M. (1974). Kinorhyncha of the Black Sea. <em>Zoologichesky Zhurnal.</em> 5: 974-987 (English translation of Russian text by G. Karaman).
note: Translation of original Russian article. Synonymy: Pycnophyes ponticus Zelinka, 1928; 333, part.; Marinov, 1964: 62, non Reinhard, 1881; Hyalophyes sp. Bacescu, 1956: 546. [details] Available for editors
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note: synonymy: Pycnophyes ponticus Zelinka, 1928; 333, part.; Marinov, 1964: 62, non Reinhard, 1881; Hyalophyes sp. Bacescu, 1956: 546. [details] Available for editors

additional source Sheremetevskij, A.M. (1974). Kinorhyncha of the Black Sea. <em>Zoologichesky Zhurnal.</em> 5: 974-987 (English translation of Russian text by G. Karaman).
note: Translation of original Russian article. Synonymy: Pycnophyes ponticus Zelinka, 1928; 333, part.; Marinov, 1964: 62, non Reinhard, 1881; Hyalophyes sp. Bacescu, 1956: 546. [details] Available for editors

Syntype Private uncatalogued, geounit Black Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology [The species name was derived from Latin, neapolitanus, from Naples, and referred to Zelinkas specimens of Pycnophyes ponticus from Naples as Bacescu (1968, p. 243) stated: "P. neapolitanus nom. nov. (syn.: Р. ponticus Zelinka, 1928, пес Reinhardt" [sic!]).] [details]