Echinoderes microaperturus

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 microaperturus

Name

• Echinoderes microaperturus Sørensen, Rho, Min, Kim & Chang, 2012: 175, figs 7–10, Tables 5–6

Holotype: NIBR, INBRIV0000245083, ♂, 6 June 2008.

Type locality: Station MAP-08 in the Korea Strait, ca. 100 km south of Jeju Island, (Fig. 1C), 32°21.59’N 126°46.32’E, from mud at 113 m depth, mounted in Fluoromount G.

Etymology: The species name microaperturus refers to the minute openings of the glandular cell outlets type 2 that make it easy to recognize the species.

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.