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

Echinoderes elongatus (Nyholm, 1947)

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

Species group names

*Echinoderes elongata*	(Nyholm, 1947) Karling, 1954	orthographic variant
*Echinoderella elongata*	Nyholm, 1947	synonym; comb. ined.

Literature

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	Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.
additional source	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
new combination reference	Karling, T.G. (1954). Echinoderes levanderi n. sp. (Kinorhyncha) aus der Ostsee. Arkiv för Zoologi. serie 2, 7, article 10: 189-192.
taxonomy source	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. Echinoderes elongatus (Nyholm, 1947). 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:101112