original description
Yamasaki, H. (2016). Ryuguderes iejimaensis, a new genus and species of Campyloderidae (Xenosomata: Cyclorhagida: Kinorhyncha) from a submarine cave in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger - A Journal of Comparative Zoology.</em> 265: 69-79., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2016.02.003 [details] Available for editors
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Etymology The generic name is masculine, derived from the Japanese Ryugu or Ryugu-jou (mythical submarine dragon palace) and the Greek deres (neck), which is commonly used in generic names in the class Cyclorhagida within Kinorhyncha. [details]