original description
Grzelak, K.; Sørensen, M. V. (2022). Echinoderes (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida) from the Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 844: 1-108., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.844.1949
note: The source says: "Published on: 18 October 2022". [details]
Holotype NIWA NIWA-159407, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype Private incatalogued, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype NHMD NHMD-916356, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype NHMD NHMD-916357, NHMD-916358, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype NHMD NHMD-916359 - NHMD916361, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype NHMD NHMD-916362, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype NHMD NIWA-159409, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype NIWA NIWA-159408, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype NIWA NIWA-159410, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype NIWA NIWA-159411, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype NIWA NIWA-159412, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype NIWA NIWA-159413, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology "The species name refers to Gandalf the Grey, one of the main characters in the novel “The Fellowship of the Ring”, the first volume of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings”. He helped form the Fellowship of the Ring to destroy the One Ring." [details]