Kinorhyncha taxon details
original description
Cepeda, D.; Sánchez, N.; Sørensen, M. V.; Landers, S. C. (2022). Leiocanthus quinquenudus sp. nov. and L. satanicus sp. nov., two new species of pycnophyid Kinorhyncha (Allomalorhagida: Pycnophyidae) from the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5093(3): 315-336., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5093.3.3 [details] Available for editors
Holotype NHMD NHMD-915196, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype NHMD NHMD-915197, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype NHMD NHMD-915198, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype NHMD NHMD-915199 - NHMD-915201, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology "The specific epithet of the species derives from the Latin quinque (meaning five) and nudus (meaning naked), referring to the unique lack of ventromedial setae on segment 5 of the species." [details]
Synonymy Leiocanthus sp. 2—in Landers et al. 2020: p. 496, Table III.
Leiocanthus sp. 2—in Hoffman et al. 2021: p.377, Table 4. [details]
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