Cristaphyes glaurung

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pycnophyidae
Genus: Cristaphyes
Species: Cristaphyes glaurung

Name

Cristaphyes glaurung Sørensen & Grzelak, 2018

Type locality: Nordaustlandet, Svalbard.

Holotype: NHMD-233053, adult female, collected from mud on May 24, 2016, on St. A4 at 217 m depth south of Nordaustlandet (79°12.53′N 025°59.74′E), mounted in Fluoromount G.

Paratypes: NHMD-233054–233059, one female from same locality as the holotype, one male from St. A1 in Van Mijenfjorden, one female from St. A2 in Hornsund, one female and one male from St. KB2 in Kongsfjorden (all three fjords on the west coast of Spitsbergen), and one female from St. A3 in Storfjorden between Spitsbergen and Edgeøya, all mounted in Fluoromount G.

ZooBank: 7955F387-C093-4823-A416-58A9D2734833

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 Reference page. [See p. 13-22, figs. 5-8, tbs. 4-5, original description]

Links

WoRMS (2020). Cristaphyes glaurung Sørensen & Grzelak, 2018. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1433155 on 2020-11-03

BHL bibliography
Cristaphyes glaurung – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cristaphyes glaurung.
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