Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Kinorhyncha > Class Allomalorhagida > Order Allomalorhagida incertae sedis > Family Pycnophyidae

Kinorhynchus Sheremetevskij, 1974

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Leptodemus*	Zelinka, 1907	synonym
*Trachydemus*	Zelinka, 1907	synonym

Children

Kinorhynchus acercus (Reinhard, 1885)
Kinorhynchus dubius (Reinhard, 1885)
Kinorhynchus forceps (Zelinka, 1928)
Kinorhynchus forficulus (Zelinka, 1928)
Kinorhynchus metschnikowii (Reinhard, 1885)
Kinorhynchus parvulus (Reinhard, 1881)
Kinorhynchus perlatus (Zelinka, 1928)
Kinorhynchus serratus (Zelinka, 1928)
Kinorhynchus vitreus (Zelinka, 1928)
Leptodemus acercus (Reinhard, 1887)
Leptodemus dubius (Reinhard, 1887)
Leptodemus forceps Zelinka, 1928
Leptodemus forficula Zelinka, 1928
Leptodemus metschnikoffii (Reinhard, 1887)
Leptodemus navicula Zelinka, 1928
Leptodemus parvulus (Reinhard, 1881)
Leptodemus perlatus Zelinka, 1928
Leptodemus serratus Zelinka, 1928
Leptodemus vitreus Zelinka, 1928

Literature

original description	Sheremetevskij, A.M. (1974): Kinorhyncha of the Black Sea. Zoologichesky Zhurnal 53(7): 974-987.
basis of record	Neuhaus, B.; van der Land, J. (2001). Cephalorhyncha (=Loricifera, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Nematomorpha), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 159-160
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Neuhaus, B.; Higgins, R. P.; Paavo, B. (2010). Phylum Kinorhyncha: mud dragons, New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2 Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. pp. 468-471.
additional source	Sheremetevskij, A.M. (1974). Kinorhyncha of the Black Sea. Zoologichesky Zhurnal. 5: 974-987 (English translation of Russian text by G. Karaman).
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
new combination reference	Sánchez, N.; Yamasaki, H.; Pardos, F.; Sørensen, M. V.; Martínez, A. (2016). Morphology disentangles the systematics of a ubiquitous but elusive meiofaunal group (Kinorhyncha: Pycnophyidae). Cladistics. 32(5): 479-505.
identification resource	Higgins, R. P.; Adrianov, A. V. (1991). Kinorhyncha from the Black Sea. 1. Redescription of Kinorhynchus paraneapolitanus. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 110(4): 328-336.
identification resource	Higgins, R. P. (1983). The Atlantic barrier reef ecosystem at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, II. Kinorhyncha. Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences. 18: 1-131.

Genbank

Citation

Neuhaus, B. (2025). World Kinorhyncha Database. Kinorhynchus Sheremetevskij, 1974. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101088