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

Echinoderes arlis Higgins, 1966

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. (1966). Echinoderes arlis, a new kinorhynch from the Arctic Ocean. Pacific Science. 20(4): 518-520.
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	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	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
redescription	Adrianov, A. V.; Malakhov, V. V. (1999). Cephalorhyncha of the world ocean. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow. 328 pp. [in Russian and English].
redescription	Grzelak, K.; Sørensen, M. V. (2019). Diversity and distribution of Arctic Echinoderes species (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida), with the description of one new species and a redescription of E. arlis Higgins, 1966. Marine Biodiversity. 49(3): 1131-1150.
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	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.

Genbank

Citation

Neuhaus, B. (2025). World Kinorhyncha Database. Echinoderes arlis Higgins, 1966. 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:101106