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Setaphyes

Setaphyes is a genus of kinorhynchs belonging to the family Pycnophyidae. Currently the genus comprises eight species with the most recently described being Setaphyes algarvensis identified in 2022.

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Setaphyes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Kinorhyncha
Class: Allomalorhagida
Family: Pycnophyidae
Genus: Setaphyes
Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sørensen & Martínez, 2016

Setaphyes is a genus of kinorhynchs belonging to the family Pycnophyidae. Currently the genus comprises eight species with the most recently described being Setaphyes algarvensis identified in 2022.12

Species

  • Setaphyes algarvensis González-Casarrubios, Cepeda, Pardos, Neves & Sánchez, 2022
  • Setaphyes australensis (Lemburg, 2002) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sørensen & Martínez, 2016
  • Setaphyes cimarensis Sánchez, García-Herrero, García-Gómez & Pardos, 2018
  • Setaphyes dentatus (Reinhard, 1881) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sørensen & Martínez, 2016
  • Setaphyes elenae Cepeda, González-Casarrubios, Sánchez & Pardos, 2020
  • Setaphyes flaveolatus (Zelinka, 1908) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sørensen & Martínez, 2016
  • Setaphyes iniorhaptus (Higgins, 1983) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sørensen & Martínez, 2016
  • Setaphyes kielensis (Zelinka, 1928) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sørensen & Martínez, 2016
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