TY - JOUR
T1 - Triodontoderes anulap gen. et sp. nov.a new cyclorhagid kinorhynch genus and species from Micronesia
AU - Sørensen, Martin V.
AU - Rho, Hyun Soo
PY - 2009/9
Y1 - 2009/9
N2 - A new kinorhynch genus and species is described from coralline sand collected on the atoll of the Chuuk Islands, Micronesia. The new genus and species, Triodontoderes anulap gen. et sp. nov., is characterized by having an introvert with only five scalid rings, segment 1 consisting of one tergal and one sternal plate, segments 2 to 4 of one tergal and two sternal plates, and segments 5 to 11 of one tergal plate with midventral articulation. Triodontoderes anulap gen. et sp. nov. shares several characters with species of Zelinkaderes, including reduced number of scalid rings, distally tripartite placids, a trunk being circular in cross-section, and segments 5 to 10 being composed of a single tergal plate with midventral articulation. Until the kinorhynch relationships have been examined in a formal phylogenetic analysis, Triodontoderes gen. et sp. nov. are tentatively assigned to Zelinkaderidae.
AB - A new kinorhynch genus and species is described from coralline sand collected on the atoll of the Chuuk Islands, Micronesia. The new genus and species, Triodontoderes anulap gen. et sp. nov., is characterized by having an introvert with only five scalid rings, segment 1 consisting of one tergal and one sternal plate, segments 2 to 4 of one tergal and two sternal plates, and segments 5 to 11 of one tergal plate with midventral articulation. Triodontoderes anulap gen. et sp. nov. shares several characters with species of Zelinkaderes, including reduced number of scalid rings, distally tripartite placids, a trunk being circular in cross-section, and segments 5 to 10 being composed of a single tergal plate with midventral articulation. Until the kinorhynch relationships have been examined in a formal phylogenetic analysis, Triodontoderes gen. et sp. nov. are tentatively assigned to Zelinkaderidae.
KW - Kinorhyncha
KW - Micronesia
KW - New genus
KW - Taxonomy
KW - Triodontoderes anulap gen. et sp. nov.
KW - Zelinkaderidae
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/74049136022
U2 - 10.1017/S0025315409000526
DO - 10.1017/S0025315409000526
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:74049136022
SN - 0025-3154
VL - 89
SP - 1269
EP - 1279
JO - Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
JF - Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
IS - 6
ER -