Pycnophyes ancalagon

Pycnophyes ancalagon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Homalorhagae 

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: Homalorhagida
Subordo: Homalorhagae

Familia: Pycnophyidae
Genus: Pycnophyes
Species: Pycnophyes ancalagon

Name

Pycnophyes ancalagon Sørensen & Grzelak, 2018

Type locality: Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.

Holotype: NHMD-233064, adult female, collected from mud on August 7, 2013, on St. KG1 at 105 m depth in Kongsfjorden (78°55.85′N 012°08.37′E), mounted in Fluoromount G.

Paratype: NHMD-233065 to 233072, four females and two males from same locality as the holotype and one female and one male from St. KB2, also in Kongsfjorden, mounted in Fluoromount G.

ZooBank: 47580836-3AF4-4273-89DA-C0B86E84AF69

References

Primary references

  • Sørensen, M.V., Grzelak, K. 2018. New mud dragons from Svalbard: three new species of Cristaphyes and the first Arctic species of Pycnophyes (Kinorhyncha: Allomalorhagida: Pycnophyidae). PeerJ. 6: e5653. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5653 Open access Reference page.  [See p. 32-48, figs. 13-15, tbs. 8-9, original description]
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