WoRMS taxon details
original description
Thomsen, V. G.; Rho, H. S.; Kim, D.; Sørensen, M. V. (2013). A new species of <i>Dracoderes</i> (Kinorhyncha: Dracoderidae) from Korea provides further support for a dracoderid-homalorhagid relationship. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3682(1): 133-142., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3682.1.6 note: The source says: published: 26 Jun. 2013. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Sørensen, M. V.; Dal Zotto, M.; Rho, H. S.; Herranz, M.; Sánchez, N.; Pardos, F.; Yamasaki, H. (2015). Phylogeny of Kinorhyncha based on morphology and two molecular loci. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 10(7): e0133440, 33 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133440 note: specimen(s) from North West Pacific Ocean,South Korea, Ulijn, unknown if hologenophore(s) deposited in a collection: GenBank accession numbers for 18S rRNA: LC007040 and for 28S rRNA: LC007064. [details]
Holotype NHMD ZMUC-KIN-649, geounit Sea of Japan/East Sea [details]
Paratype NHMD ZMUC-KIN-650 - ZMUC-KIN-657, geounit Sea of Japan/East Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology The species is named after the dragon “Nidhug”, known from Nordic mythology. At the End of Days, Nidhug will bite and cut the roots of Ash Yggdrasil – the Tree of Life. [details]
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