WoRMS taxon details
original description
Herranz, M.; Thormar, J.; Benito, J.; Sánchez, N.; Pardos, F. (2012). Meristoderes gen. nov., a new kinorhynch genus, with the description of two new species and their implications for echinoderid phylogeny (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida, Echinoderidae). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 251(3): 161-179., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2011.08.004 [details]
identification resource
Sørensen, M. V.; Rho, H. S.; Min, W.-G.; Kim, D.; Chang, C. Y. (2013). Occurrence of the newly described kinorhynch genus Meristoderes (Cyclorhagida: Echinoderidae) in Korea, with the description of four new species. <em>Helgoland Marine Research.</em> 67(2): 291-319., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10152-012-0323-2 [details]
identification resource
Adrianov, A. V.; Maiorova, A. S. (2018). Meristoderes okhotensis sp. nov. – The first deepwater representative of kinorhynchs in the Sea of Okhotsk (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida). <em>Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography.</em> 154: 99-105., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.10.011 [details] Available for editors [request]
identification resource
Herranz, M.; Pardos, F. (2013). Fissuroderes sorenseni sp. nov. and Meristoderes boylei sp. nov.: First Atlantic recording of two rare kinorhynch genera, with new identification keys. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger - A Journal of Comparative Zoology.</em> 253(2): 93-111., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2013.09.005 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Etymology The genus name is derived from Greek meristos, meaning ‘divided’, making reference to the incomplete division of second trunk segment; and the suffix “-deres”, ‘neck’, commonly used in generic names of cyclorhagid kinorhynchs. Gender of genus name: masculine. [details]
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