WoRMS name details
Leptodemus Zelinka, 1907
731300 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:731300)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (juvenile stage)
Genus
none (type not designated)
- Species Leptodemus acercus (Reinhard, 1887) accepted as Kinorhynchus acercus (Reinhard, 1885) (juvenile stage)
- Species Leptodemus dubius (Reinhard, 1887) accepted as Kinorhynchus dubius (Reinhard, 1885) (new combination)
- Species Leptodemus forceps Zelinka, 1928 accepted as Kinorhynchus forceps (Zelinka, 1928) (juvenile stage)
- Species Leptodemus forficula Zelinka, 1928 accepted as Kinorhynchus forficulus (Zelinka, 1928) (juvenile stage)
- Species Leptodemus giganteus Zelinka, 1928 accepted as Kinorhynchus giganteus (Zelinka, 1908) Sheremetevskij, 1974 accepted as Pycnophyes giganteus (Zelinka, 1908) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sørensen & Martínez, 2016 (juvenile stage)
- Species Leptodemus metschnikoffii (Reinhard, 1887) accepted as Kinorhynchus metschnikowii (Reinhard, 1885) (juvenile stage)
- Species Leptodemus navicula Zelinka, 1928 accepted as Pycnophyes naviculus (Zelinka, 1928) (juvenile stage)
- Species Leptodemus parvulus (Reinhard, 1881) accepted as Kinorhynchus parvulus (Reinhard, 1881) (juvenile stage)
- Species Leptodemus perlatus Zelinka, 1928 accepted as Kinorhynchus perlatus (Zelinka, 1928) (juvenile stage)
- Species Leptodemus serratus Zelinka, 1928 accepted as Kinorhynchus serratus (Zelinka, 1928) (juvenile stage)
- Species Leptodemus vitreus Zelinka, 1928 accepted as Kinorhynchus vitreus (Zelinka, 1928) (juvenile stage)
marine
Zelinka, C. (1907). Zur Kenntnis der Echinoderen. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 32(5): 130-136. [details]
Etymology [The genus name was derived from Greek λεπτός leptós, thin, and from Greek δῆμος dēmos, population, a common...
Etymology [The genus name was derived from Greek λεπτός leptós, thin, and from Greek δῆμος dēmos, population, a common suffix in Trachydemidae, and probably referred to the small size of the juvenile stage in comparison with the adult stage.] [details]
Neuhaus, B. (2024). World Kinorhyncha Database. Leptodemus Zelinka, 1907. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=731300 on 2024-09-27
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Zelinka, C. (1907). Zur Kenntnis der Echinoderen. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 32(5): 130-136. [details]
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Etymology [The genus name was derived from Greek λεπτός leptós, thin, and from Greek δῆμος dēmos, population, a common suffix in Trachydemidae, and probably referred to the small size of the juvenile stage in comparison with the adult stage.] [details]