WoRMS name details
Trachydemus mainensis Blake, 1930
731315 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:731315)
unaccepted (genus name preoccupied)
Species
marine
Blake, C. H. (1930). Three new species of worms belonging to the order Echinodera. <em>Biological Survey of the Mount Desert Region.</em> 4: 3-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/itempdf/29112 [details] Available for editors 
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Etymology [The species was named after its location, the state of Maine.]
Etymology [The species was named after its location, the state of Maine.] [details]
Neuhaus, B. (2025). World Kinorhyncha Database. Trachydemus mainensis Blake, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=731315 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Blake, C. H. (1930). Three new species of worms belonging to the order Echinodera. <em>Biological Survey of the Mount Desert Region.</em> 4: 3-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/itempdf/29112 [details] Available for editors [request]
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redescription
Higgins, R. P. (1965). The homalorhagid Kinorhyncha of Northeastern US. Coastal Waters. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 84(1): 65-72. [details] Available for editors [request]
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ecology source
Wieser, W. (1960). Benthic studies in Buzzards Bay II. The meiofauna. <em>Limnology and Oceanography.</em> 5 (2): 121-137., available online at https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.1960.5.2.0121 [details] Available for editors [request]
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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 IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110272536.181 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Buzzards Bay [details]
Syntype Private G1, geounit Maine [details]
Topotype USNM W30975, W30976, geounit Maine [details]
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Etymology [The species was named after its location, the state of Maine.] [details]
