WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Cepeda, D.; Sánchez, N.; Sørensen, M. V.; Landers, S. C. (2022). Leiocanthus quinquenudus sp. nov. and L. satanicus sp. nov., two new species of pycnophyid Kinorhyncha (Allomalorhagida: Pycnophyidae) from the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5093(3): 315-336., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5093.3.3 [details] Available for editors [request]
Ecologyecology source
Anguas-Escalante, A.; Jesús-Navarrete, A. D.; Landers, S. C.; Sørensen, M. V. (2024). Kinorhynch assemblages on the southern Gulf of Mexico continental shelf. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 313: 228-240., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2024.10.004 note: Ecology of Kinorhyncha in the southern Gulf of Mexico. [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype NHMD NHMD-915196, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype NHMD NHMD-915197, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype NHMD NHMD-915198, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype NHMD NHMD-915199 - NHMD-915201, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology "The specific epithet of the species derives from the Latin quinque (meaning five) and nudus (meaning naked), referring to the unique lack of ventromedial setae on segment 5 of the species." [details]
Synonymy Leiocanthus sp. 2—in Landers et al. 2020: p. 496, Table III.
Leiocanthus sp. 2—in Hoffman et al. 2021: p.377, Table 4. [details]
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