Kinorhyncha taxon details
Echinoderes coulli Higgins, 1977
265065 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:265065)
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Higgins, R. P. (1977). Two new species of Echinoderes (Kinorhyncha) from South Carolina. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 96(3): 340-354. [details] Available for editors
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Holotype USNM W54382, geounit South Carolina
Holotype USNM W54382, geounit South Carolina [details]
Etymology This species is named in honor of Dr. Bruce C. Coull, a fellow student of the meiofauna. It is the organism called...
Etymology This species is named in honor of Dr. Bruce C. Coull, a fellow student of the meiofauna. It is the organism called "Echinoderes sp." in Coull & Fleeger (1977). [details]
Neuhaus, B. (2021). World Kinorhyncha Database. Echinoderes coulli Higgins, 1977. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/kinorhyncha/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=265065 on 2024-08-23
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Higgins, R. P. (1977). Two new species of Echinoderes (Kinorhyncha) from South Carolina. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 96(3): 340-354. [details] Available for editors
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Neuhaus, B.; Higgins, R. P.; Paavo, B. (2010). Phylum Kinorhyncha: mud dragons, New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2 Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. pp. 468-471. [details] Available for editors
additional source Shirley, T. C. (2009). Kinorhyncha of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. & D.K. Camp (eds), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, waters, and biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Vol. 1 Biodiversity: 1129–1132. [details] Available for editors
additional source Randsø, P. V.; Yamasaki, H.; Bownes, S. J.; Herranz, M.; Di Domenico, M.; Qii, G. B.; Sørensen, M. V. (2019). Phylogeny of the Echinoderes coulli-group (Kinorhyncha : Cyclorhagida : Echinoderidae) – a cosmopolitan species group trapped in the intertidal. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 33: 501-517., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is18069
note: specimen(s) from Atlantic Ocean, USA East coast, South Carolina, unknown if hologenophore(s) deposited in a collection: GenBank accession number for 18S rRNA sequence MG748850 and for cytochrome c oxi...
[details] Available for editors
additional source Neuhaus, B. (2013). 5. Kinorhyncha (= Echinodera). In: Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (Ed.), Handbook of Zoology, Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia and Gnathifera, Volume 1: Nematomorpha, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Loricifera. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin,. pp. 181-348. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110272536.181 [details] Available for editors
ecology source Fleeger, J.W., K.R. Carman, M.R. Riggio, I.A. Mendelssohn, Q.X. Lin, A. Hou, D.R. Deis & S. Zengel. (2015). Recovery of salt marsh benthic microalgae and meiofauna following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill linked to recovery of Spartina alterniflora. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 536:39-54., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11451 [details] Available for editors
ecology source Horn, T. D. (1978). The distribution of Echinoderes coulli (Kinorhyncha) along an interstitial salinity gradient. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 97(4): 586-589., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3226174 [details] Available for editors
ecology source Higgins, R. P.; Fleeger, J. W. (1980). Seasonal changes in the population structure of Echinoderes coulli (Kinorhyncha). <em>Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science.</em> 10(5): 495-505., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0302-3524(80)80071-5 [details] Available for editors
ecology source Arunima, T. K. A.; Afnan, N. M.; Swathi, V.; Heera, N. S.; Shah, K.; Mohan, P. M. (2023). Distribution of meiofauna in the sublittoral sediments of the tropical island ecosystem, off Port Blair, Andaman Sea. <em>Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences.</em> 52(03): 130-144., available online at https://doi.org/10.56042/ijms.v52i03.7457 [details] Available for editors
identification resource Grzelak, K.; Sørensen, M. V. (2023). Chapter 30. Kingdom Animalia, phylum Kinorhyncha (mud dragons). <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 136: 455-462., available online at https://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/NIWAbm136-ch30.zip
note: conclusion about occurrence of species in New Zealand waters, p. 457: "Echinoderes cf. coulli Higgins, 1977 in Coull & Wells (1981) - Identity considered to be unlikely as this is an intertidal kinorh... [details] Available for editors
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basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Neuhaus, B.; Higgins, R. P.; Paavo, B. (2010). Phylum Kinorhyncha: mud dragons, New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2 Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. pp. 468-471. [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
additional source Shirley, T. C. (2009). Kinorhyncha of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. & D.K. Camp (eds), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, waters, and biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Vol. 1 Biodiversity: 1129–1132. [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
additional source Randsø, P. V.; Yamasaki, H.; Bownes, S. J.; Herranz, M.; Di Domenico, M.; Qii, G. B.; Sørensen, M. V. (2019). Phylogeny of the Echinoderes coulli-group (Kinorhyncha : Cyclorhagida : Echinoderidae) – a cosmopolitan species group trapped in the intertidal. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 33: 501-517., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is18069
note: specimen(s) from Atlantic Ocean, USA East coast, South Carolina, unknown if hologenophore(s) deposited in a collection: GenBank accession number for 18S rRNA sequence MG748850 and for cytochrome c oxi...
specimen(s) from Atlantic Ocean, USA East coast, South Carolina, unknown if hologenophore(s) deposited in a collection: GenBank accession number for 18S rRNA sequence MG748850 and for cytochrome c oxidase subunit I sequence MG756647 (accession numbers given in Randsø et al. 2019 are erroneous)
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additional source Neuhaus, B. (2013). 5. Kinorhyncha (= Echinodera). In: Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (Ed.), Handbook of Zoology, Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia and Gnathifera, Volume 1: Nematomorpha, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Loricifera. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin,. pp. 181-348. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110272536.181 [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
ecology source Fleeger, J.W., K.R. Carman, M.R. Riggio, I.A. Mendelssohn, Q.X. Lin, A. Hou, D.R. Deis & S. Zengel. (2015). Recovery of salt marsh benthic microalgae and meiofauna following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill linked to recovery of Spartina alterniflora. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 536:39-54., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11451 [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
ecology source Horn, T. D. (1978). The distribution of Echinoderes coulli (Kinorhyncha) along an interstitial salinity gradient. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 97(4): 586-589., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3226174 [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
ecology source Higgins, R. P.; Fleeger, J. W. (1980). Seasonal changes in the population structure of Echinoderes coulli (Kinorhyncha). <em>Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science.</em> 10(5): 495-505., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0302-3524(80)80071-5 [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
ecology source Arunima, T. K. A.; Afnan, N. M.; Swathi, V.; Heera, N. S.; Shah, K.; Mohan, P. M. (2023). Distribution of meiofauna in the sublittoral sediments of the tropical island ecosystem, off Port Blair, Andaman Sea. <em>Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences.</em> 52(03): 130-144., available online at https://doi.org/10.56042/ijms.v52i03.7457 [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
identification resource Grzelak, K.; Sørensen, M. V. (2023). Chapter 30. Kingdom Animalia, phylum Kinorhyncha (mud dragons). <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 136: 455-462., available online at https://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/NIWAbm136-ch30.zip
note: conclusion about occurrence of species in New Zealand waters, p. 457: "Echinoderes cf. coulli Higgins, 1977 in Coull & Wells (1981) - Identity considered to be unlikely as this is an intertidal kinorh...
conclusion about occurrence of species in New Zealand waters, p. 457: "Echinoderes cf. coulli Higgins, 1977 in Coull & Wells (1981) - Identity considered to be unlikely as this is an intertidal kinorhynch known from the east coast of the USA (Higgins 1977)."
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Holotype USNM W54382, geounit South Carolina [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit New Zealand North (not certain) [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit South Andaman Islands [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit South Andaman Islands [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit South Andaman Islands [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit South Andaman Islands [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit South Carolina [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit South Carolina [details]
Paratype USNM W54383 - W54385, W54388, W54391, W54394, geounit South Carolina [details]
Paratype USNM W54386, W54389, W54392, W54395, geounit South Carolina [details]
Paratype USNM W54387, W54390, W54393, W54396, geounit South Carolina [details]
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Etymology This species is named in honor of Dr. Bruce C. Coull, a fellow student of the meiofauna. It is the organism called "Echinoderes sp." in Coull & Fleeger (1977). [details]