Kinorhyncha taxon details
Dracoderes Higgins & Shirayama, 1990
264982 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:264982)
accepted
Genus
Dracoderes abei Higgins & Shirayama, 1990 (type by original designation)
- Species Dracoderes abei Higgins & Shirayama, 1990
- Species Dracoderes chaac Landers, Hoffman, Sánchez & Sørensen, 2022
- Species Dracoderes gallaicus Sørensen, Herranz, Rho, Min, Yamasaki, Sánchez & Pardos, 2012
- Species Dracoderes nidhug Thomsen, Rho, Kim & Sørensen, 2013
- Species Dracoderes orientalis Adrianov, 1999 in Adrianov & Malakhov, 1999
- Species Dracoderes snufkini Yamasaki, 2015
- Species Dracoderes spyro Cepeda, Pardos & Sánchez, 2019
- Species Dracoderes toyoshioae Yamasaki, 2015
marine
masculine
Higgins, R. P.; Shirayama, Y. (1990). Dracoderidae, a new family of the cyclorhagid Kinorhyncha from the Inland Sea of Japan. <em>Zoological Science.</em> 7: 939-946. [details] Available for editors 
Etymology The genus name was derived from Greek δράκων drakon, dragon, and from Greek deres, neck, a common suffix of...
Etymology The genus name was derived from Greek δράκων drakon, dragon, and from Greek deres, neck, a common suffix of cyclorhagid genera, and referred to the remotely dragon-like appearance of Kinorhyncha with their spiny head and segmented trunk.
Original etymology by Higgins & Shirayama (1990, p. 940):
"The genus name is derived from the Greek (drakon) dragon plus (deres) neck. The gender of the genus is musculine." [details]
Original etymology by Higgins & Shirayama (1990, p. 940):
"The genus name is derived from the Greek (drakon) dragon plus (deres) neck. The gender of the genus is musculine." [details]
Neuhaus, B. (2024). World Kinorhyncha Database. Dracoderes Higgins & Shirayama, 1990. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/kinorhyncha/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=264982 on 2024-04-29
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original description
Higgins, R. P.; Shirayama, Y. (1990). Dracoderidae, a new family of the cyclorhagid Kinorhyncha from the Inland Sea of Japan. <em>Zoological Science.</em> 7: 939-946. [details] Available for editors
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]
identification resource Cepeda, D.; Pardos, F.; Sánchez, N. (2019). A new species and first record of Dracoderes (Kinorhyncha: Allomalorhagida: Dracoderidae) from American waters, with an identification key of the genus. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 282: 106-115., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2019.05.019 [details]
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]
identification resource Cepeda, D.; Pardos, F.; Sánchez, N. (2019). A new species and first record of Dracoderes (Kinorhyncha: Allomalorhagida: Dracoderidae) from American waters, with an identification key of the genus. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 282: 106-115., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2019.05.019 [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology The genus name was derived from Greek δράκων drakon, dragon, and from Greek deres, neck, a common suffix of cyclorhagid genera, and referred to the remotely dragon-like appearance of Kinorhyncha with their spiny head and segmented trunk.Original etymology by Higgins & Shirayama (1990, p. 940):
"The genus name is derived from the Greek (drakon) dragon plus (deres) neck. The gender of the genus is musculine." [details]