CCZ taxon details
Dracoderes Higgins & Shirayama, 1990
264982 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:264982)
accepted
Genus
- Species Dracoderes toyoshioae Yamasaki, 2015 accepted as Dracophyes toyoshioae (Yamasaki, 2015) González-Casarrubios, Pardos, Sørensen, Martínez Arbizu & Sánchez, 2022 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine
masculine
Higgins, R. P.; Shirayama, Y. (1990). Dracoderidae, a new family of the cyclorhagid Kinorhyncha from the Inland Sea of Japan. <em>Zoological Science.</em> 7: 939-946. [details] Available for editors 
Etymology The genus name was derived from Greek δράκων drakon, dragon, and from Greek deres, neck, a common suffix of...
Etymology The genus name was derived from Greek δράκων drakon, dragon, and from Greek deres, neck, a common suffix of cyclorhagid genera, and referred to the remotely dragon-like appearance of Kinorhyncha with their spiny head and segmented trunk.
Original etymology by Higgins & Shirayama (1990, p. 940):
"The genus name is derived from the Greek (drakon) dragon plus (deres) neck. The gender of the genus is musculine." [details]
Original etymology by Higgins & Shirayama (1990, p. 940):
"The genus name is derived from the Greek (drakon) dragon plus (deres) neck. The gender of the genus is musculine." [details]
Neuhaus, B. (2024). World Kinorhyncha Database. Dracoderes Higgins & Shirayama, 1990. Accessed through: Rabone, M.; Glover, A.G.; Horton, T. (2024) Clarion-Clipperton Zone Species Checklist at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/ccz/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=264982 on 2024-11-10
Rabone, M.; Glover, A.G.; Horton, T. (2024). Clarion-Clipperton Zone Species Checklist. Dracoderes Higgins & Shirayama, 1990. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/CCZ/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=264982 on 2024-11-10
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Higgins, R. P.; Shirayama, Y. (1990). Dracoderidae, a new family of the cyclorhagid Kinorhyncha from the Inland Sea of Japan. <em>Zoological Science.</em> 7: 939-946. [details] Available for editors
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
identification resource Cepeda, D.; Pardos, F.; Sánchez, N. (2019). A new species and first record of Dracoderes (Kinorhyncha: Allomalorhagida: Dracoderidae) from American waters, with an identification key of the genus. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 282: 106-115., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2019.05.019 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
identification resource Cepeda, D.; Pardos, F.; Sánchez, N. (2019). A new species and first record of Dracoderes (Kinorhyncha: Allomalorhagida: Dracoderidae) from American waters, with an identification key of the genus. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 282: 106-115., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2019.05.019 [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology The genus name was derived from Greek δράκων drakon, dragon, and from Greek deres, neck, a common suffix of cyclorhagid genera, and referred to the remotely dragon-like appearance of Kinorhyncha with their spiny head and segmented trunk.Original etymology by Higgins & Shirayama (1990, p. 940):
"The genus name is derived from the Greek (drakon) dragon plus (deres) neck. The gender of the genus is musculine." [details]
