WoRMS taxon detailsLeiocanthus satanicus Cepeda, Sánchez, Sørensen & Landers, 2022
 1560214 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1560214)
accepted
Species
marine,
recent only
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
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Holotype NHMD NHMD-915202, geounit Gulf of Mexico
Holotype NHMD NHMD-915202, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details] From editor or global species database
Type material Holotype, adult female, collected on November 12, 2013 at St. 68-2013 in the northern Gulf of Mexico continental shelf: 29.2998° N, 88.7200°W (Table 1) at 59 m depth; mounted in Fluoromount G®, deposited at the NHMD under catalogue number: NHMD-915202. Paratypes, three adult males and six adult females, one of the females collected at the same station as the holotype, remaining specimens collected at different stations (Table 1), mounted in Fluoromount G® and deposited at NHMD under catalogue numbers: NHMD-915203–915211. Two additional specimens, one male and one female, mounted for SEM and deposited in the personal reference collections of SCL and MVS. [details]
Etymology "The specific epithet of the species refers to the Latin name Satâna, derived from the Hebraic ןָטָּׂשַה...
Etymology "The specific epithet of the species refers to the Latin name Satâna, derived from the Hebraic ןָטָּׂשַה (ha-shatán), which is a negative entity of the Abrahamic religions that seduces humanity to commit sin. Satan has been traditionally represented in graphic and literary arts as a fallen angel with conspicuous horns, which resembles the recurved anterolateral margins of the segment 1 tergal plate of the new species." [details]
Neuhaus, B. (2024). World Kinorhyncha Database. Leiocanthus satanicus Cepeda, Sánchez, Sørensen & Landers, 2022. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1560214 on 2024-07-12
Date action by
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
[request]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMD NHMD-915202, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Nontype NHMD NHMD-915207, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype NHMD NHMD-915203, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype NHMD NHMD-915204, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype NHMD NHMD-915205, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype NHMD NHMD-915206, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype NHMD NHMD-915208, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype NHMD NHMD-915209, NHMD-915210, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype NHMD NHMD-915211, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Leiocanthus with middorsal cuticular elevations on segments 1–6. Unpaired paradorsal setae on segments 4 and 6; paired setae in subdorsal position on segments 2, 4, 6 and 8, in laterodorsal position on segments 3, 5, 7 and 9, paralateral position on segment 1, lateroventral position on segments 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 (two pairs in the latter), ventrolateral position on segments 1 and 5, ventromedial position on segments 4–7 and 9, and paraventral position on segments 3 and 8. Males with sexually dimorphic ventromedial tubes on segment 2, females with setae instead. Lateral terminal spines absent, minute and bulbous protuberances instead. Anterolateral margins of the tergal plate of segment 1 extended into horn-like, medially recurved, distally pointed projections; anterior margin of tergal plate strongly denticulated, posteriorly followed by a crenulated area; cuticular wrinkles at the central region of the tergal plate. [details]Etymology "The specific epithet of the species refers to the Latin name Satâna, derived from the Hebraic ןָטָּׂשַה (ha-shatán), which is a negative entity of the Abrahamic religions that seduces humanity to commit sin. Satan has been traditionally represented in graphic and literary arts as a fallen angel with conspicuous horns, which resembles the recurved anterolateral margins of the segment 1 tergal plate of the new species." [details] Synonymy Pycnophyes sp. A—Landers et al. 2018: Table 2. Leiocanthus W—in Landers et al. 2019: p. 5. [details] Type material Holotype, adult female, collected on November 12, 2013 at St. 68-2013 in the northern Gulf of Mexico continental shelf: 29.2998° N, 88.7200°W (Table 1) at 59 m depth; mounted in Fluoromount G®, deposited at the NHMD under catalogue number: NHMD-915202. Paratypes, three adult males and six adult females, one of the females collected at the same station as the holotype, remaining specimens collected at different stations (Table 1), mounted in Fluoromount G® and deposited at NHMD under catalogue numbers: NHMD-915203–915211. Two additional specimens, one male and one female, mounted for SEM and deposited in the personal reference collections of SCL and MVS. [details] |
