WoRMS taxon details
Mixtophyes toothlessi González-Casarrubios, Martínez Arbizu & Sánchez, 2023
1660416 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1660416)
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González-Casarrubios, A.; Arbizu, P. M.; Sánchez, N. (2023). Mixtophyes toothlessi sp. n., a new Kinorhyncha species (Anomoirhaga: Neocentrophyidae) from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, with a revision of terminology and taxonomic features of the family. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5285(1): 149-160., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5285.1.6 [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype MNB ZMB 12822, geounit Clarion Fracture Zone
Holotype MNB ZMB 12822, geounit Clarion Fracture Zone [details]
Etymology "The species is named after Toothless, The Night Fury, the dragon of the novel series by Cressida Cowell “How to train...
Etymology "The species is named after Toothless, The Night Fury, the dragon of the novel series by Cressida Cowell “How to train your dragon” and the film with the same title from DreamWorks Animation, 2010. Several Kinorhyncha species have been described after famous dragons. The new species is reminiscent of Toothless for its middorsal spinose processes, similar to the back protuberances of the dragon, and for having one of the lateral terminal spines broken, like the tail in the animated character." [details]
Neuhaus, B. (2024). World Kinorhyncha Database. Mixtophyes toothlessi González-Casarrubios, Martínez Arbizu & Sánchez, 2023. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1660416 on 2024-06-22
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González-Casarrubios, A.; Arbizu, P. M.; Sánchez, N. (2023). Mixtophyes toothlessi sp. n., a new Kinorhyncha species (Anomoirhaga: Neocentrophyidae) from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, with a revision of terminology and taxonomic features of the family. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5285(1): 149-160., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5285.1.6 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Holotype MNB ZMB 12822, geounit Clarion Fracture Zone [details]
Paratype MNB ZMB 12823, geounit Clarion Fracture Zone [details]
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Etymology "The species is named after Toothless, The Night Fury, the dragon of the novel series by Cressida Cowell “How to train your dragon” and the film with the same title from DreamWorks Animation, 2010. Several Kinorhyncha species have been described after famous dragons. The new species is reminiscent of Toothless for its middorsal spinose processes, similar to the back protuberances of the dragon, and for having one of the lateral terminal spines broken, like the tail in the animated character." [details]Synonymy Synonymy: Mixtophyes sp. 1 (in Sánchez et al. 2019, 2022) [details]
