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Cateria gerlachi Higgins, 1968
265847 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:265847)
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Higgins, R. P. (1968). Taxonomy and postembryonic development of the Cryptorhagae, a new suborder for the mesopsammic kinorhynch genus Cateria. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 87(1): 21-39. [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype USNM W36127, geounit Visakhapatnam
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Holotype USNM W36127, geounit Visakhapatnam [details]
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Type locality Editor's comment: The original description mentions latitude and longitude for the type locality which is about 14 km inland. [details]
Etymology This species is named for Prof. Dr. S. A. Gerlach who discovered and described the first species of Cateria. This name was...
Etymology This species is named for Prof. Dr. S. A. Gerlach who discovered and described the first species of Cateria. This name was originally suggested by Dr. G. C. Rao. [details]
Neuhaus, B. (2024). World Kinorhyncha Database. Cateria gerlachi Higgins, 1968. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=265847 on 2024-05-21
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original description
Higgins, R. P. (1968). Taxonomy and postembryonic development of the Cryptorhagae, a new suborder for the mesopsammic kinorhynch genus Cateria. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 87(1): 21-39. [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]
additional source Rao, G. Chandrasekhara & P.N. Ganapati. (1968). The interstitial fauna inhabiting the beach sands of Waltair Coast. <em>Proceedings of the National Institute of Sciences of India, Part B Biological Sciences.</em> 34: 82-125., available online at https://insa.nic.in/writereaddata/UpLoadedFiles/PINSA/Vol34B_1968_2_Art02.pdf
note: Probably not Cateria styx but C. gerlachi according to Neuhaus and Kegel (2015, p.63). [details]
additional source Rao, G. Chandrasekhara. (1980). On the zoogeography of the interstitial meiofauna of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Indian Ocean. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 77(1-4):153-178, figs. 1-3, tabs. 1-2. (xii-1980)
note: Reports occurrence of Cateria gerlachi, Echinoderes andamanensis, and E. ehlersi in India. [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
additional source Chatterjee, T. (2019). A review note on research studies of Kinorhyncha from India. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 60: 183-188., available online at http://application.sb-roscoff.fr/cbm/article.htm?execution=e7s1&_eventId=downloadpdf&articleId=41079 [details]
additional source Rao, C; Ganapati, P. N. (1966). Occurrence of an aberrant kinorhynch Cateria styx Gerlach, in Waltair beach sands. <em>Current Science.</em> 35(8): 212-213.
note: Probably not Cateria styx but C. gerlachi according to Neuhaus and Kegel (2015, p.63). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Rao, G. C. (1972). On the geographical distribution of interstitial fauna of marine beach sand. <em>Proceedings of the Indian National Institute of Sciences of India, Part B, Biological Science.</em> 38 (3-4): 164-178., available online at https://insa.nic.in/writereaddata/UpLoadedFiles/PINSA/Vol38B_1972_3and4_Art04.pdf
note: Probably not Cateria styx but C. gerlachi according to Neuhaus and Kegel (2015, p.63). [details]
redescription Neuhaus, B.; Kegel, A. (2015). Redescription of <em>Cateria</em> <em>gerlachi</em> (Kinorhyncha, Cyclorhagida) from Sri Lanka and of <em>C. styx</em> from Brazil, with notes on<em> C. gerlachi</em> from India and <em>C. styx</em> from Chile, and the ground pattern of the genus. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3965(1): 1-77., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3965.1.1
note: Redescription: pp. 10-44, figs 2-19, tabs 1-6, 11. [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]
additional source Rao, G. Chandrasekhara & P.N. Ganapati. (1968). The interstitial fauna inhabiting the beach sands of Waltair Coast. <em>Proceedings of the National Institute of Sciences of India, Part B Biological Sciences.</em> 34: 82-125., available online at https://insa.nic.in/writereaddata/UpLoadedFiles/PINSA/Vol34B_1968_2_Art02.pdf
note: Probably not Cateria styx but C. gerlachi according to Neuhaus and Kegel (2015, p.63). [details]
additional source Rao, G. Chandrasekhara. (1980). On the zoogeography of the interstitial meiofauna of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Indian Ocean. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 77(1-4):153-178, figs. 1-3, tabs. 1-2. (xii-1980)
note: Reports occurrence of Cateria gerlachi, Echinoderes andamanensis, and E. ehlersi in India. [details] Available for editors
[request] 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
[request] additional source Chatterjee, T. (2019). A review note on research studies of Kinorhyncha from India. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 60: 183-188., available online at http://application.sb-roscoff.fr/cbm/article.htm?execution=e7s1&_eventId=downloadpdf&articleId=41079 [details]
additional source Rao, C; Ganapati, P. N. (1966). Occurrence of an aberrant kinorhynch Cateria styx Gerlach, in Waltair beach sands. <em>Current Science.</em> 35(8): 212-213.
note: Probably not Cateria styx but C. gerlachi according to Neuhaus and Kegel (2015, p.63). [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Rao, G. C. (1972). On the geographical distribution of interstitial fauna of marine beach sand. <em>Proceedings of the Indian National Institute of Sciences of India, Part B, Biological Science.</em> 38 (3-4): 164-178., available online at https://insa.nic.in/writereaddata/UpLoadedFiles/PINSA/Vol38B_1972_3and4_Art04.pdf
note: Probably not Cateria styx but C. gerlachi according to Neuhaus and Kegel (2015, p.63). [details]
redescription Neuhaus, B.; Kegel, A. (2015). Redescription of <em>Cateria</em> <em>gerlachi</em> (Kinorhyncha, Cyclorhagida) from Sri Lanka and of <em>C. styx</em> from Brazil, with notes on<em> C. gerlachi</em> from India and <em>C. styx</em> from Chile, and the ground pattern of the genus. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3965(1): 1-77., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3965.1.1
note: Redescription: pp. 10-44, figs 2-19, tabs 1-6, 11. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM W36127, geounit Visakhapatnam [details]
Nontype MNB ZMB 11519, ZMB 11520, geounit Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype uncatalogued, geounit Bay of Bengal [details]
Nontype uncatalogued, geounit Lakshadweep [details]
Nontype uncatalogued, geounit Lakshadweep [details]
Nontype uncatalogued, geounit Lakshadweep [details]
Nontype uncatalogued, geounit Maharashtra [details]
Nontype uncatalogued, geounit Maharashtra [details]
Nontype uncatalogued, geounit Orissa [details]
Nontype uncatalogued, geounit Orissa [details]
Nontype uncatalogued, geounit Orissa [details]
Nontype uncatalogued, geounit Orissa [details]
Nontype uncatalogued, geounit South Andaman Islands [details]
Nontype uncatalogued, geounit South Andaman Islands [details]
Nontype uncatalogued, geounit Visakhapatnam [details]
Nontype uncatalogued, geounit Visakhapatnam [details]
Nontype uncatalogued, geounit Visakhapatnam [details]
Nontype uncatalogued, geounit Visakhapatnam [details]
Nontype USNM 1226516 - 1226518, geounit Visakhapatnam [details]
Nontype USNM 1226519 - 1226537, geounit Visakhapatnam [details]
Paratype USNM 1182961, geounit Visakhapatnam [details]
Paratype USNM 1226538 - 1226552, geounit Visakhapatnam [details]
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Etymology This species is named for Prof. Dr. S. A. Gerlach who discovered and described the first species of Cateria. This name was originally suggested by Dr. G. C. Rao. [details]Synonymy Synonymy according to Neuhaus (2013, p. 287):
Gerlach 1969: p. 162, not C. styx of Rao & Ganapati (1966, 1968) but C. gerlachi;
pers. obs. R. P. Higgins: not C. styx of Nagabhushanan (1972) and of Rao (1972) from India but C. gerlachi. [details]
Type locality Editor's comment: The original description mentions latitude and longitude for the type locality which is about 14 km inland. [details]
