Echinoderes pterus

Echinoderes pterus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyclorhagae
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Cycloneuralia Cladus: Scalidophora Phylum: Kinorhyncha Ordo: Cyclorhagida Subordo: Cyclorhagae

Echinoderes pterus Yamasaki et al., 2018

Etymology: from Ancient Greek πτερόν pterón (wing, feather), referring to the tufts of hairs on segment 9 which look like wings.

Holotype: ZMB 11608. Adult male mounted as a glycerol-paraffin slide on a Cobb aluminum frame.

Type locality: station 55 in the Mediterranean deep sea off Crete, 34°30'19"N, 26°11'30"E. Depth: 4,332m.

Yamasaki, H., Grzelak, K., Sørensen, M.V., Neuhaus, B. & George, K.H. 2018. Echinoderes pterus sp. n. showing a geographically and bathymetrically wide distribution pattern on seamounts and on the deep-sea floor in the Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea (Kinorhyncha, Cyclorhagida). ZooKeys 771: 15–40. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.771.25534 Reference page.

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