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Pycnophyes cryopygus Higgins & Kristensen, 1988
101138 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101138)
unaccepted (new combination)
Species
marine
Higgins, R. P.; Kristensen, R. M. (1988). Kinorhyncha from Disko Island, West Greenland. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 458: 1-56., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/5536/SCtZ-0458-Lo_res.pdf?sequence= [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype USNM 233235, geounit Disko Island
Holotype USNM 233235, geounit Disko Island [details]
Etymology The name of this species is from the Greek kryos (icy, cold) plus pyge (rump), given in recognition of the common condition...
Etymology The name of this species is from the Greek kryos (icy, cold) plus pyge (rump), given in recognition of the common condition experienced in Arctic research. [details]
Neuhaus, B. (2025). World Kinorhyncha Database. Pycnophyes cryopygus Higgins & Kristensen, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101138 on 2025-05-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Higgins, R. P.; Kristensen, R. M. (1988). Kinorhyncha from Disko Island, West Greenland. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 458: 1-56., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/5536/SCtZ-0458-Lo_res.pdf?sequence= [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Neuhaus, B.; van der Land, J. (2001). Cephalorhyncha (=Loricifera, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Nematomorpha), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 159-160 (look up in IMIS) [details]
[request]basis of record Neuhaus, B.; van der Land, J. (2001). Cephalorhyncha (=Loricifera, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Nematomorpha), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 159-160 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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additional source
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
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]
biology source Adrianov, A. V.; Malakhov, V. V. (1991). Fine structure of the reproductive system in Cephalorhyncha, Kinorhyncha. <em>Zoologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 70(5): 28-38.
note: light microscopical and TEM aspects of the reproductive system [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]biology source Adrianov, A. V.; Malakhov, V. V. (1991). Fine structure of the reproductive system in Cephalorhyncha, Kinorhyncha. <em>Zoologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 70(5): 28-38.
note: light microscopical and TEM aspects of the reproductive system [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 233235, geounit Disko Island [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Disko Island [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Disko Island [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Disko Island [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Disko Island [details]
Paratype USNM 233236 - 233239, geounit Disko Island [details]
Paratype USNM 233240, geounit Disko Island [details]
Paratype USNM 233241, geounit Disko Island [details]
Paratype USNM 233242 - 233244, geounit Disko Island [details]
Paratype USNM 233245, 233246, geounit Disko Island [details]
Paratype ZMUC ZMUC-KIN-29, ZMUC-KIN-30, geounit Disko Island [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology The name of this species is from the Greek kryos (icy, cold) plus pyge (rump), given in recognition of the common condition experienced in Arctic research. [details]