ERMS taxon details
Echinoderes aquilonius Higgins & Kristensen, 1988
101105 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101105)
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Higgins, R. P.; Kristensen, R. M. (1988). Kinorhyncha from Disko Island, West Greenland. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 458: 1-56., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/5536/SCtZ-0458-Lo_res.pdf?sequence=
note: E. aquilonius Higgins & Kristensen, 1988: pp. 11-17, Figs 17-32, Tab. 2. [details] Available for editors
note: E. aquilonius Higgins & Kristensen, 1988: pp. 11-17, Figs 17-32, Tab. 2. [details] Available for editors

Holotype USNM 233209, geounit Disko Island
Holotype USNM 233209, geounit Disko Island [details]
Etymology The name of this species is from the Latin aquilonius (northern).
Etymology The name of this species is from the Latin aquilonius (northern). [details]
Neuhaus, B. (2021). World Kinorhyncha Database. Echinoderes aquilonius Higgins & Kristensen, 1988. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101105 on 2025-04-05
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Echinoderes aquilonius Higgins & Kristensen, 1988. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101105 on 2025-04-05
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Higgins, R. P.; Kristensen, R. M. (1988). Kinorhyncha from Disko Island, West Greenland. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 458: 1-56., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/5536/SCtZ-0458-Lo_res.pdf?sequence=
note: E. aquilonius Higgins & Kristensen, 1988: pp. 11-17, Figs 17-32, Tab. 2. [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Grzelak, K.; Sørensen, M. V. (2018). New species of Echinoderes (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida) from Spitsbergen, with additional information about known Arctic species. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 14(2): 113-147., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2017.1367096
note: emendet description: pp. 134-135, figs 13-14, tab. 8. [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Zalewska, A.; Herranz, M.; Lubośny, M.; Sørensen, M. V.; Grzelak, K. (2024). To be, or not tu-be? Population structure and connectivity in three Arctic kinorhynch species: Echinoderes aquilonius, Echinoderes eximus and Echinoderes remanei. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 313: 289-297., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2024.10.013 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Neuhaus, B.; van der Land, J. (2001). Cephalorhyncha (=Loricifera, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Nematomorpha), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 159-160 (look up in RoR) [details]
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Neuhaus, B. (2013). 5. Kinorhyncha (= Echinodera). In: Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (Ed.), Handbook of Zoology, Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia and Gnathifera, Volume 1: Nematomorpha, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Loricifera. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin,. pp. 181-348. (look up in RoR), available online at https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110272536.181 [details] Available for editors
additional source Park, J.-K.; Rho, H. S.; Kristensen, R. M.; Kim, W.; Giribet, G. (2006). First molecular data on the phylum Loricifera – An investigation into the phylogeny of Ecdysozoa with emphasis on the positions of Loricifera and Priapulida. <em>Zoological Science.</em> 23(11): 943-954., available online at https://doi.org/10.2108/zsj.23.943
note: Location data partly erroneous, must read W instead of E. 1 specimen from Greenland, Disko Island, unknown if hologenophore deposited in a collection: GenBank accession numbers for 18S rRNA: AY92231...
[details] Available for editors 
ecology source Zalewska, A.; Herranz, M.; Lubośny, M.; Sørensen, M. V.; Grzelak, K. (2024). To be, or not tu-be? Population structure and connectivity in three Arctic kinorhynch species: Echinoderes aquilonius, Echinoderes eximus and Echinoderes remanei. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 313: 289-297., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2024.10.013 [details] Available for editors
ecology source Grzelak, K.; Sørensen, M. V. (2019). Diversity and community structure of kinorhynchs around Svalbard: First insights into spatial patterns and environmental drivers. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 282: 31-43., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2019.05.009 [details] Available for editors
biology source Kristensen, R. M.; Hay-Schmidt, A. (1989). The protonephridia of the Arctic kinorhynch Echinoderes aquilonius (Cyclorhagida, Echinoderidae). <em>Acta Zoologica.</em> 70(1): 13-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6395.1989.tb01048.x
note: TEM study including reconstruction of the protonephridia. [details] Available for editors
biology source Kristensen, R. M.; Higgins, R. P. (1991). Chapter 10 Kinorhyncha. <em>In: Harrison, F. W. & Ruppert, E. E. (eds), Microscopic anatomy of invertebrates.</em> Vol. 4, pp. 377-404.
note: Review of TEM studies of inner organs of Kinorhyncha, based mainly on own investigations of Echinoderes aquilonius and Pycnophyes greenlandicus. [details] Available for editors
note: E. aquilonius Higgins & Kristensen, 1988: pp. 11-17, Figs 17-32, Tab. 2. [details] Available for editors

taxonomy source Grzelak, K.; Sørensen, M. V. (2018). New species of Echinoderes (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida) from Spitsbergen, with additional information about known Arctic species. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 14(2): 113-147., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2017.1367096
note: emendet description: pp. 134-135, figs 13-14, tab. 8. [details] Available for editors

taxonomy source Zalewska, A.; Herranz, M.; Lubośny, M.; Sørensen, M. V.; Grzelak, K. (2024). To be, or not tu-be? Population structure and connectivity in three Arctic kinorhynch species: Echinoderes aquilonius, Echinoderes eximus and Echinoderes remanei. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 313: 289-297., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2024.10.013 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Neuhaus, B.; van der Land, J. (2001). Cephalorhyncha (=Loricifera, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Nematomorpha), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 159-160 (look up in RoR) [details]
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Neuhaus, B. (2013). 5. Kinorhyncha (= Echinodera). In: Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (Ed.), Handbook of Zoology, Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia and Gnathifera, Volume 1: Nematomorpha, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Loricifera. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin,. pp. 181-348. (look up in RoR), available online at https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110272536.181 [details] Available for editors

additional source Park, J.-K.; Rho, H. S.; Kristensen, R. M.; Kim, W.; Giribet, G. (2006). First molecular data on the phylum Loricifera – An investigation into the phylogeny of Ecdysozoa with emphasis on the positions of Loricifera and Priapulida. <em>Zoological Science.</em> 23(11): 943-954., available online at https://doi.org/10.2108/zsj.23.943
note: Location data partly erroneous, must read W instead of E. 1 specimen from Greenland, Disko Island, unknown if hologenophore deposited in a collection: GenBank accession numbers for 18S rRNA: AY92231...
Location data partly erroneous, must read W instead of E.
1 specimen from Greenland, Disko Island, unknown if hologenophore deposited in a collection: GenBank accession numbers for 18S rRNA: AY922317 and AY922318.

ecology source Zalewska, A.; Herranz, M.; Lubośny, M.; Sørensen, M. V.; Grzelak, K. (2024). To be, or not tu-be? Population structure and connectivity in three Arctic kinorhynch species: Echinoderes aquilonius, Echinoderes eximus and Echinoderes remanei. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 313: 289-297., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2024.10.013 [details] Available for editors

ecology source Grzelak, K.; Sørensen, M. V. (2019). Diversity and community structure of kinorhynchs around Svalbard: First insights into spatial patterns and environmental drivers. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 282: 31-43., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2019.05.009 [details] Available for editors

biology source Kristensen, R. M.; Hay-Schmidt, A. (1989). The protonephridia of the Arctic kinorhynch Echinoderes aquilonius (Cyclorhagida, Echinoderidae). <em>Acta Zoologica.</em> 70(1): 13-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6395.1989.tb01048.x
note: TEM study including reconstruction of the protonephridia. [details] Available for editors

biology source Kristensen, R. M.; Higgins, R. P. (1991). Chapter 10 Kinorhyncha. <em>In: Harrison, F. W. & Ruppert, E. E. (eds), Microscopic anatomy of invertebrates.</em> Vol. 4, pp. 377-404.
note: Review of TEM studies of inner organs of Kinorhyncha, based mainly on own investigations of Echinoderes aquilonius and Pycnophyes greenlandicus. [details] Available for editors





Holotype USNM 233209, geounit Disko Island [details]
Nontype NHMD NHMD-1786814, geounit Disko Island [details]
Nontype NHMD NHMD-1786815 - NHMD-1786821, geounit Disko Island [details]
Nontype NHMD NHMD-1786822 - NHMD-1786830, NHMD-1786843 - NHMD-1786845, geounit Disko Island [details]
Nontype NHMD NHMD-1786831 - NHMD-1786837, geounit Disko Island [details]
Nontype NHMD NHMD-1786838 - NHMD-1786842, geounit Disko Island [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Disko Island [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Disko Island [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Disko Island [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Disko Island [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Disko Island [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Disko Island [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Disko Island [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Disko Island [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Disko Island [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Disko Island [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Svalbard [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Svalbard [details]
Nontype ZMUC ZMUC-KIN-48, ZMUC-KIN-49, geounit Disko Island [details]
Paratype USNM 233210, 233211, geounit Disko Island [details]
Paratype USNM 233212, geounit Disko Island [details]
Paratype USNM 233213, geounit Disko Island [details]
Paratype USNM 233214, geounit Disko Island [details]
Paratype USNM 233215, geounit Disko Island [details]
Paratype ZMUC ZMUC-KIN-25, ZMUC-KIN-26, ZMUC-KIN-50, geounit Disko Island [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology The name of this species is from the Latin aquilonius (northern). [details]