WoRMS name details
Dracoderes chaac Landers, Hoffman, Sánchez & Sørensen, 2022
1565608 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1565608)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine
Landers, S.; Hoffman, K.; Sanchez, N.; Sørensen, M. V. (2022). Kinorhynch diversity in the southern Gulf of Mexico and a description of Dracoderes chaac sp. nov. <em>Gulf and Caribbean Research.</em> 33: 1-13., available online at https://doi.org/10.18785/gcr.3301.01 [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype NHMD NHMD-915291, geounit Gulf of Mexico
Holotype NHMD NHMD-915291, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Etymology "The species is named after the Mayan God Chaac – the deity for rain and thunder."
Etymology "The species is named after the Mayan God Chaac – the deity for rain and thunder." [details]
Neuhaus, B. (2025). World Kinorhyncha Database. Dracoderes chaac Landers, Hoffman, Sánchez & Sørensen, 2022. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1565608 on 2025-04-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Landers, S.; Hoffman, K.; Sanchez, N.; Sørensen, M. V. (2022). Kinorhynch diversity in the southern Gulf of Mexico and a description of Dracoderes chaac sp. nov. <em>Gulf and Caribbean Research.</em> 33: 1-13., available online at https://doi.org/10.18785/gcr.3301.01 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference González-Casarrubios, A.; Pardos, F.; Sørensen, M. V.; Martínez Arbizu, P. M.; Sánchez, N. (2022). Dracophyes cepedai gen. et sp. nov., a new Dracoderidae genus and species (Kinorhyncha: Allomalorhagida) from the Peru Basin. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 301: 145-153., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2022.10.004 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]new combination reference González-Casarrubios, A.; Pardos, F.; Sørensen, M. V.; Martínez Arbizu, P. M.; Sánchez, N. (2022). Dracophyes cepedai gen. et sp. nov., a new Dracoderidae genus and species (Kinorhyncha: Allomalorhagida) from the Peru Basin. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 301: 145-153., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2022.10.004 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype NHMD NHMD-915291, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype NHMD NHMD-915292, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology "The species is named after the Mayan God Chaac – the deity for rain and thunder." [details]
