WoRMS name details
Kinorhynchus distentus Higgins, 1983
731280 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:731280)
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 W70018, geounit Belizean Exclusive...
Holotype USNM W70018, geounit Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Etymology The name of this species is from the Greek distentus (swell out, distended), which reflects the character of the...
Etymology The name of this species is from the Greek distentus (swell out, distended), which reflects the character of the penultimate trunk segment. [details]
Neuhaus, B. (2025). World Kinorhyncha Database. Kinorhynchus distentus Higgins, 1983. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=731280 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 [request]
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 [request]
[request]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 [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM W70018, geounit Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM W70019, W70020, geounit Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Etymology The name of this species is from the Greek distentus (swell out, distended), which reflects the character of the penultimate trunk segment. [details]
