MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Cristaphyes scatha Sørensen & Grzelak, 2018

Kinorhyncha taxon details

Cristaphyes scatha Sørensen & Grzelak, 2018

AphiaID

1433156 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1433156)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Cristaphyes Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sørensen & Martínez, 2016

Orig. name

Cristaphyes scatha Sørensen & Grzelak, 2018

Environment

marine

Original description

Sørensen, M. V.; Grzelak, K. (2018). New mud dragons from Svalbard: three new species of Cristaphyes and the first Arctic species of Pycnophyes (Kinorhyncha: Allomalorhagida: Pycnophyidae). PeerJ. 6, e5653: 1-48., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5653
note: The source says: Published 28 September 2018. Description: pp. 22-31, figs 9-12, tabs 6-7. [details]

Type data

Holotype NHMD NHMD-233061, geounit Svalbard

Holotype NHMD NHMD-233061, geounit Svalbard [details]

Descriptive notes

Etymology The species is named scatha, after Scatha—one of the few surviving dragons bred by Morgoth during the First Age—in the...

Etymology The species is named scatha, after Scatha—one of the few surviving dragons bred by Morgoth during the First Age—in the book Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Neuhaus, B. (2024). World Kinorhyncha Database. Cristaphyes scatha Sørensen & Grzelak, 2018. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/kinorhyncha/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1433156 on 2024-05-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2020-04-22 07:06:17Z

created

Neuhaus, Birger

[taxonomic tree]

original description Sørensen, M. V.; Grzelak, K. (2018). New mud dragons from Svalbard: three new species of Cristaphyes and the first Arctic species of Pycnophyes (Kinorhyncha: Allomalorhagida: Pycnophyidae). PeerJ. 6, e5653: 1-48., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5653
note: The source says: Published 28 September 2018. Description: pp. 22-31, figs 9-12, tabs 6-7. [details]

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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2019.05.009 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Holotype NHMD NHMD-233061, geounit Svalbard [details]

Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Svalbard [details]

Paratype NHMD NHMD-233062, geounit Svalbard [details]

Paratype NHMD NHMD-233063, geounit Svalbard [details]

From editor or global species database

Etymology The species is named scatha, after Scatha—one of the few surviving dragons bred by Morgoth during the First Age—in the book Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien. [details]

Definitions