WoRMS name details
Pycnophyes corrugatus Higgins, 1983
265121 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:265121)
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 W69990, geounit Belizean Exclusive...
Holotype USNM W69990, geounit Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Etymology The name of this species is from the Latin corrugatus (wrinkled), referring to the series of parallel cuticular ridges on...
Etymology The name of this species is from the Latin corrugatus (wrinkled), referring to the series of parallel cuticular ridges on the sternal plates. [details]
Neuhaus, B. (2025). World Kinorhyncha Database. Pycnophyes corrugatus Higgins, 1983. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=265121 on 2025-05-03
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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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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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Allotype USNM W69991, geounit Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Holotype USNM W69990, geounit Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM W69992, geounit Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Etymology The name of this species is from the Latin corrugatus (wrinkled), referring to the series of parallel cuticular ridges on the sternal plates. [details]