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Echinoderes brevispinosus Higgins, 1966
731255 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:731255)
unaccepted (name preoccupied by Metschnikoff (1869))
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Higgins, R. P. (1966). Faunistic studies in the Red Sea (in winter, 1961-1962), Part II: Kinorhynchs from the area of Al-Ghardaqa. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere.</em> 93: 118-126. [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype USNM W32926, geounit Red Sea
Holotype USNM W32926, geounit Red Sea [details]
Etymology [The name of the species is derived from Latin brevis, short and from Latin spinosus, with spines and refers to the "short,...
Etymology [The name of the species is derived from Latin brevis, short and from Latin spinosus, with spines and refers to the "short, robust lateral terminal spines".] [details]
Neuhaus, B. (2024). World Kinorhyncha Database. Echinoderes brevispinosus Higgins, 1966. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=731255 on 2024-04-28
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Higgins, R. P. (1966). Faunistic studies in the Red Sea (in winter, 1961-1962), Part II: Kinorhynchs from the area of Al-Ghardaqa. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere.</em> 93: 118-126. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Higgins, R. P. (1977). Redescription of Echinoderes dujardinii (Kinorhyncha) with descriptions of closely related species. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 248: 1-26., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/5534/SCtZ-0248-Lo_res.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y
note: Higgins proposed a substitute name for Echinoderes brevispinosus Higgins, 1966, which was preoccupied by Metschnikoff (1869). [details]
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
note: Synonymy according to Neuhaus (2013): E. brevispinosus Higgins, 1966a: pp. 118-121, Figs 1-2; E. brevicaudatus Higgins, 1977a: p. 21, = substitute name for E. brevispinosus. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request] additional source Higgins, R. P. (1977). Redescription of Echinoderes dujardinii (Kinorhyncha) with descriptions of closely related species. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 248: 1-26., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/5534/SCtZ-0248-Lo_res.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y
note: Higgins proposed a substitute name for Echinoderes brevispinosus Higgins, 1966, which was preoccupied by Metschnikoff (1869). [details]
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
note: Synonymy according to Neuhaus (2013): E. brevispinosus Higgins, 1966a: pp. 118-121, Figs 1-2; E. brevicaudatus Higgins, 1977a: p. 21, = substitute name for E. brevispinosus. [details] Available for editors
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Holotype USNM W32926, geounit Red Sea [details]
Paratype USNM W32925, 1209759 - 1209774, geounit Red Sea [details]
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Etymology [The name of the species is derived from Latin brevis, short and from Latin spinosus, with spines and refers to the "short, robust lateral terminal spines".] [details]Synonymy Synonymy according to Neuhaus (2013):
E. brevispinosus Higgins, 1966a: pp. 118-121, Figs 1-2;
E. brevicaudatus Higgins, 1977a: p. 21, = substitute name for E. brevispinosus.
Additonal remarks:
E. brevicaudatus Higgins, 1966 [sic!]: cited erroneously by Higgins (1983, p. 1), Higgins (1986a, p. 113), Higgins (1986b, p. 271), Herranz et al. (2012, p. 177), Sørensen et al. (2000, p. 168; 2005, p. 506);
E. brevicaudatus (Higgins, 1966) [sic!]: cited erroneously by Sørensen et al. (2012a, p. 180), Sørensen & Landers (2014, p. 10). [details]
