Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Kinorhyncha > Class Cyclorhagida > Order Echinorhagata > Family Echinoderidae > Genus Echinoderes

Echinoderes aquilonius Higgins & Kristensen, 1988

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Echinoderes*	Claparède, 1863	accepted genus name
*Centropsis*	Zelinka, 1907	synonym
*Echinoceras*	Leuckart, 1854	synonym
*Echinodera*	Gosse, 1864	synonym
*Echinoderella*	Zelinka, 1907	synonym
*Habroderella*	Zelinka, 1907	synonym
*Habroderes*	Zelinka, 1907	synonym
*Hapaloderes*	Zelinka, 1907	synonym

Literature

original description	Higgins, R. P.; Kristensen, R. M. (1988). Kinorhyncha from Disko Island, West Greenland. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 458: 1-56.
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	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
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.
additional source	Park, J.-K.; Rho, H. S.; Kristensen, R. M.; Kim, W.; Giribet, G. (2006). First molecular data on the phylum Loricifera – An investigation into the phylogeny of Ecdysozoa with emphasis on the positions of Loricifera and Priapulida. Zoological Science. 23(11): 943-954.
taxonomy source	Zalewska, A.; Herranz, M.; Lubośny, M.; Sørensen, M. V.; Grzelak, K. (2024). To be, or not tu-be? Population structure and connectivity in three Arctic kinorhynch species: Echinoderes aquilonius, Echinoderes eximus and Echinoderes remanei. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 313: 289-297.
taxonomy source	Grzelak, K.; Sørensen, M. V. (2018). New species of Echinoderes (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida) from Spitsbergen, with additional information about known Arctic species. Marine Biology Research. 14(2): 113-147.
ecology source	Zalewska, A.; Herranz, M.; Lubośny, M.; Sørensen, M. V.; Grzelak, K. (2024). To be, or not tu-be? Population structure and connectivity in three Arctic kinorhynch species: Echinoderes aquilonius, Echinoderes eximus and Echinoderes remanei. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 313: 289-297.
ecology source	Grzelak, K.; Sørensen, M. V. (2019). Diversity and community structure of kinorhynchs around Svalbard: First insights into spatial patterns and environmental drivers. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 282: 31-43.
biology source	Kristensen, R. M.; Hay-Schmidt, A. (1989). The protonephridia of the Arctic kinorhynch Echinoderes aquilonius (Cyclorhagida, Echinoderidae). Acta Zoologica. 70(1): 13-27.
biology source	Kristensen, R. M.; Higgins, R. P. (1991). Chapter 10 Kinorhyncha. In: Harrison, F. W. & Ruppert, E. E. (eds), Microscopic anatomy of invertebrates. Vol. 4, pp. 377-404.

Genbank

Citation

Neuhaus, B. (2025). World Kinorhyncha Database. Echinoderes aquilonius Higgins & Kristensen, 1988. 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:101105