Kinorhyncha name details
original description
Sánchez, N.; Rho, H.S.; Min, W.-G.; Kim, D.; Sørensen, M.V. (2013). Four new species of <i>Pycnophyes</i> (Kinorhyncha: Homalorhagida) from Korea and the East China Sea. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 77(2): 353-380., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.03769.15a note: The source says: Published online May 27, 2013.
Description: pp. 372-378, figs 12-15, tabs 7-8. [details]
new combination reference
Sánchez, N.; Yamasaki, H.; Pardos, F.; Sørensen, M. V.; MartÃnez, A. (2016). Morphology disentangles the systematics of a ubiquitous but elusive meiofaunal group (Kinorhyncha: Pycnophyidae). <em>Cladistics.</em> 32(5): 479-505., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12143 note: New combination: p. 498, tab. 6. [details]
Allotype NHMD ZMUC-KIN-647, geounit Korea [details]
Holotype NHMD ZMUC-KIN-647, geounit Korea [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Like other recently described kinorhynchs, the species is named after a dragon. The species name smaug, refers to the dragon Smaug, the greatest and most powerful in the later part of the Third Age in the books of J.R.R. Tolkien. [details]
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