WoRMS taxon details
original description
Cepeda, D.; Sánchez, N.; Pardos, F. (2019). First extensive account of the phylum Kinorhyncha from Haiti and the Dominican Republic (Caribbean Sea), with the description of four new species. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 49(5): 2281-2309., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-019-00963-x note: The publisher's homepage says: Published 03 July 2019 (see https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12526-019-00963-x). [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype USNM 1490960, geounit Dominican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM 1490961 - 1490964, geounit Dominican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology "From the Latin "brevis", meaning short, and "pes", meaning foot, which refers to the possession of conspicuously very short lateral terminal spines compared to the total trunk length of the species." [details]
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