WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Sørensen, M. V.; Landers, S. C. (2018). New species of Semnoderidae (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida: Kentrorhagata) from the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 48(1): 327-355., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0728-x note: The source says: Published online: 20 May 2017.
Description: pp. 329-334, figs 2-7, tabs 2-3. [details] Available for editors [request]
Ecologyecology source
Hoffman, K. P.; Sánchez, N.; Sørensen, M. V.; Ingels, J. & Landers, S. L. (2021). Kinorhynch communities of Mobile Bay and the Alabama continental shelf. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 62: 371-380., available online at https://doi.org/10.21411/CBM.A.B0EA3C57 note: note: Ecology of Kinorhyncha in the northern Gulf of Mexico. [details] Available for editors [request]
ecology 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-115833, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Nontype NHMD NHMD-115838, 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]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, 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]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, 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]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, 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]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, 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]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, 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]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, 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]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, 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]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, 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]
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-115834, NHMD-115835, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype NHMD NHMD-115836, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype NHMD NHMD-115837, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology The species is named after the sea monster Aspidochelone. The monsters are enormous—as big as an island—and are known to have large spines on their backs, and skin with scales. The two latter characters fit well with the new species. [details]
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