WoRMS taxon detailsFissuroderes cthulhu Cepeda, Pardos, Zeppilli & Sánchez, 2020
1455131 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1455131)
accepted
Species
marine
Cepeda, D.; Pardos, F.; Zeppilli, D.; Sánchez, N. (2020). Dragons of the deep sea: Kinorhyncha communities in a pockmark field at Mozambique Channel, with the description of three new species. <em>Frontiers in Marine Science.</em> 7, 665: 27 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00665
note: The source says: Published: 19 August 2020. Location data conflicting within the article; data provided on p. 2 of the article are the correct ones as confirmed by the first author. [details]
Holotype NHMD NHMD-669727, geounit Mozambique Channel
Holotype NHMD NHMD-669727, geounit Mozambique Channel [details]
Etymology The species is named after the ï¬ctional cosmic entity Cthulhu, created by the American writer of horror ï¬ction H.P....
Etymology The species is named after the ï¬ctional cosmic entity Cthulhu, created by the American writer of horror ï¬ction H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) and ï¬rstly introduced in the short story “The Call of Cthulhu,†published in 1928. Considered a Great Old One within the pantheon of Lovecraftian cosmic entities, Cthulhu is a gigantic being of great power described as looking like an octopus or a dragon that lies in a death-like torpor in the sunken city of R’lyeh. [details]
Neuhaus, B. (2024). World Kinorhyncha Database. Fissuroderes cthulhu Cepeda, Pardos, Zeppilli & Sánchez, 2020. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1455131 on 2024-07-14
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original description
Cepeda, D.; Pardos, F.; Zeppilli, D.; Sánchez, N. (2020). Dragons of the deep sea: Kinorhyncha communities in a pockmark field at Mozambique Channel, with the description of three new species. <em>Frontiers in Marine Science.</em> 7, 665: 27 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00665
note: The source says: Published: 19 August 2020. Location data conflicting within the article; data provided on p. 2 of the article are the correct ones as confirmed by the first author. [details]
Holotype NHMD NHMD-669727, geounit Mozambique Channel [details]
Nontype NHMD NHMD-669737 - NHMD-669755, geounit Mozambique Channel [details]
Paratype NHMD NHMD-669728 - NHMD-669736, geounit Mozambique Channel [details]
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Etymology The species is named after the ï¬ctional cosmic entity Cthulhu, created by the American writer of horror ï¬ction H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) and ï¬rstly introduced in the short story “The Call of Cthulhu,†published in 1928. Considered a Great Old One within the pantheon of Lovecraftian cosmic entities, Cthulhu is a gigantic being of great power described as looking like an octopus or a dragon that lies in a death-like torpor in the sunken city of R’lyeh. [details]
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