WoRMS name details
Kinorhynchus erismatus Higgins, 1983
265104 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:265104)
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 W70021, geounit Belizean Exclusive...
Holotype USNM W70021, geounit Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Etymology This species name is from the Greek erismatus (buttressed), which reflects the structural reinforcement of the sternal...
Etymology This species name is from the Greek erismatus (buttressed), which reflects the structural reinforcement of the sternal pachycycli. [details]
Neuhaus, B. (2025). World Kinorhyncha Database. Kinorhynchus erismatus Higgins, 1983. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=265104 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclature
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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
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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 W70021, geounit Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM W70022, W70025, geounit Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM W70023, geounit Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM W70024, geounit Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Etymology This species name is from the Greek erismatus (buttressed), which reflects the structural reinforcement of the sternal pachycycli. [details]