Kinorhyncha taxon details
Pycnophyes beaufortensis Higgins, 1964
265119 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:265119)
accepted
Species
marine
Higgins, R. P. (1964). Three new kinorhynchs from the North Carolina coast. <em>Bulletin of Marine Sciene of the Gulf and Caribbean.</em> 14(3): 479-493., available online at https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/1964/00000014/00000003/art00011# [details] Available for editors 

Holotype USNM W30977, geounit North Carolina
Holotype USNM W30977, geounit North Carolina [details]
Etymology [The species name was derved from the location where it was originally described from, viz, Beaufort, N.C.]
Etymology [The species name was derved from the location where it was originally described from, viz, Beaufort, N.C.] [details]
Neuhaus, B. (2021). World Kinorhyncha Database. Pycnophyes beaufortensis Higgins, 1964. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/kinorhyncha/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=265119 on 2025-05-14
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Higgins, R. P. (1964). Three new kinorhynchs from the North Carolina coast. <em>Bulletin of Marine Sciene of the Gulf and Caribbean.</em> 14(3): 479-493., available online at https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/1964/00000014/00000003/art00011# [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]
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
additional source Sørensen, M. V.; Hebsgaard, M. B.; Heiner, I.; Glenner, H.; Willerslev, E.; Kristensen, R. M. (2008). New data from an enigmatic phylum: evidence from molecular sequence data supports a sister-group relationship between Loricifera and Nematomorpha. <em>Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research.</em> 46(3): 231-239., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0469.2008.00478.x
note: unknown if hologenophore deposited in a collection: GenBank accession numbers for 18S rRNA: EU669457 and for Histone 3: EU669448. [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]
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

additional source Sørensen, M. V.; Hebsgaard, M. B.; Heiner, I.; Glenner, H.; Willerslev, E.; Kristensen, R. M. (2008). New data from an enigmatic phylum: evidence from molecular sequence data supports a sister-group relationship between Loricifera and Nematomorpha. <em>Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research.</em> 46(3): 231-239., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0469.2008.00478.x
note: unknown if hologenophore deposited in a collection: GenBank accession numbers for 18S rRNA: EU669457 and for Histone 3: EU669448. [details] Available for editors





Allotype USNM W30978, geounit North Carolina [details]
Holotype USNM W30977, geounit North Carolina [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Bocas del Toro [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology [The species name was derved from the location where it was originally described from, viz, Beaufort, N.C.] [details]