Echinoderes cernunnos

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyclorhagae
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: Cyclorhagida Subordo: Cyclorhagae

Familia: Echinoderidae
Genus: Echinoderes
Species: Echinoderes cernunnos

Name

• Echinoderes cernunnos Sørensen, Rho, Min, Kim & Chang, 2012: 169, figs 4–6, Tables 3–4

Holotype: NIBR, INBRIV0000245082, ♀, 6 October 2008.

Type locality: Station MAP-27, in the Korea Strait between Tsushima Island and the Korean mainland (Fig. 1B), 34°16.41’N 128°40.40’E, from mud with tiny shells at 96 m depth, mounted in Fluoromount G.

Etymology: The species is named after Cernunnos—The Horned God—from Celtic mythology, inspired by the species’ diagnostic long, horn-like tergal extensions.

References

• Sørensen, M.V., Rho, H.S., Min, W.-G., Kim, D. & Chang, C.Y. 2012. An exploration of Echinoderes (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida) in Korean and neighboring waters, with the description of four new species and a redescription of E. tchefouensis Lou, 1934. Zootaxa 3368: 161–196. Preview PDF Reference page.