Kinorhyncha name details
Pycnophyes smaug Sánchez, Rho, Min, Kim & Sørensen, 2013
1433124 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1433124)
unaccepted (new combination)
Species
marine
Sánchez, N.; Rho, H.S.; Min, W.-G.; Kim, D.; Sørensen, M.V. (2013). Four new species of <i>Pycnophyes</i> (Kinorhyncha: Homalorhagida) from Korea and the East China Sea. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 77(2): 353-380., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.03769.15a
note: The source says: Published online May 27, 2013. Description: pp. 372-378, figs 12-15, tabs 7-8. [details] Available for editors
note: The source says: Published online May 27, 2013. Description: pp. 372-378, figs 12-15, tabs 7-8. [details] Available for editors

Holotype NHMD ZMUC-KIN-647, geounit Korea
Holotype NHMD ZMUC-KIN-647, geounit Korea [details]
Etymology Like other recently described kinorhynchs, the species is named after a dragon. The species name smaug, refers to the...
Etymology Like other recently described kinorhynchs, the species is named after a dragon. The species name smaug, refers to the dragon Smaug, the greatest and most powerful in the later part of the Third Age in the books of J.R.R. Tolkien. [details]
Neuhaus, B. (2021). World Kinorhyncha Database. Pycnophyes smaug Sánchez, Rho, Min, Kim & Sørensen, 2013. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/kinorhyncha/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1433124 on 2025-05-04
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Sánchez, N.; Rho, H.S.; Min, W.-G.; Kim, D.; Sørensen, M.V. (2013). Four new species of <i>Pycnophyes</i> (Kinorhyncha: Homalorhagida) from Korea and the East China Sea. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 77(2): 353-380., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.03769.15a
note: The source says: Published online May 27, 2013. Description: pp. 372-378, figs 12-15, tabs 7-8. [details] Available for editors
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
note: New combination: p. 498, tab. 6. [details] Available for editors
note: The source says: Published online May 27, 2013. Description: pp. 372-378, figs 12-15, tabs 7-8. [details] Available for editors

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
note: New combination: p. 498, tab. 6. [details] Available for editors





Allotype NHMD ZMUC-KIN-647, geounit Korea [details]
Holotype NHMD ZMUC-KIN-647, geounit Korea [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Like other recently described kinorhynchs, the species is named after a dragon. The species name smaug, refers to the dragon Smaug, the greatest and most powerful in the later part of the Third Age in the books of J.R.R. Tolkien. [details]