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Echinoderes microaperturus

Echinoderes microaperturus is a species of mud dragons first found in coastal and subtidal locations around the Korean Peninsula and in the East China Sea.

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Echinoderes microaperturus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Kinorhyncha
Class: Cyclorhagida
Order: Echinorhagata
Family: Echinoderidae
Genus: Echinoderes
Species:
E. microaperturus
Binomial name
Echinoderes microaperturus
Sørensen et al., 2012

Echinoderes microaperturus is a species of mud dragons first found in coastal and subtidal locations around the Korean Peninsula and in the East China Sea.1

References

References

  1. Sørensen, Martin Vinther, et al. "An exploration of Echinoderes (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida) in Korean and neighboring waters, with the description of four new species and a redescription of E. tchefouensis Lou, 1934." Zootaxa 3368 (2012): 161-196.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Sørensen, Martin V., et al. "Occurrence of the newly described kinorhynch genus Meristoderes (Cyclorhagida: Echinoderidae) in Korea, with the description of four new species." Helgoland Marine Research 67.2 (2013): 291-319.
  • Sørensen, Martin V. "First account of echinoderid kinorhynchs from Brazil, with the description of three new species." Marine Biodiversity 44.3 (2014): 251-274.
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