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Sánchez, N.; Yamasaki, H.; Pardos, F.; Sørensen, M. V.; MartÃnez, 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 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Sánchez, N.; Sørensen, M. V.; Landers, S. C. (2019). Pycnophyidae (Kinorhyncha: Allomalorhagida) from the Gulf of Mexico: Fujuriphyes viserioni sp. nov. and a redescription of Leiocanthus langi (Higgins, 1964), with notes on its intraspecific variation. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 49(4): 1857-1875., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-019-00947-x [details] Available for editors [request]
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Etymology From Fujur, the dog-dragon in the novel The Never-ending Story by M. Ende + Greek phyes, the commonly used sufï¬x in names of Allomalorhagid genera. The name adds to the list of kinorhynch (mud dragons) species named after dragons and also refers to the study of kinorhynch phylogeny as a “never-ending storyâ€. Masculine gender. [details]
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