Echinoderidae Explained

Echinoderidae is a family of kinorhynchs in the class Cyclorhagida.

Genera

• Cephalorhyncha Adrianov & Malakhov, 1999^[1]
• Echinoderes Clarapède, 1863^[2]
• Fissuroderes Neuhaus & Blasche, 2006^[3]
• Meristoderes Herranz, Thormar, Benito, Sánchez & Pardos, 2012^[4]
• Polacanthoderes Sørensen, 2008^[5]

Notes and References

1. Adrianov, A. V. & Malakhov, V. V. (1999). Cephalorhynch worms (Cephalorhyncha) of the World Ocean. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press.
2. Clararède, E. (1863). Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Echinoderes Duj. Beobachtungen über Anatomie un Entwicklungsgeschichte wirbelloser Thiere an der Küste von Normandie angelstellt. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann.
3. Neuhaus, B. & Blasche, T. (2006). Fissuroderes, a new genus of Kinorhyncha (Cyclorhagida) from the deep sea and continental shelf of New Zealand and from the continental shelf of Costa Rica. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 245(1), 19–52.
4. Herranz, M., Thormar, J., Benito, J., Sánchez, N. & Pardos, F. (2012). Meristoderes gen. nov., a new kinorhybch genus, with the description of two new species and their implications for echinoderid phylogeny (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida, Echinoderidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 251(3), 161–179.
5. Sørensen, M. V. (2008). A new kinorhynch genus from the Antarctic deep sea and a new species of Cephalorhyncha from Hawaii (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida: Echinoderidae). Organisms, Diversity, and Evolution, 8(3), 1–18.