''Echinoderes'' is a

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of mud dragons first described in 1863.Sørensen, Martin Vinther, et al.
An exploration of Echinoderes (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida) in Korean and neighboring waters, with the description of four new species and a redescription of E. tchefouensis Lou, 1934.
Zootaxa 3368 (2012): 161-196. It is the largest genus within class

Kinorhyncha Kinorhyncha ( grc, κινέω, kīnéō, I move, ' "snout") is a phylum of small marine invertebrates that are widespread in mud or sand at all depths as part of the meiobenthos. They are also called mud dragons. Modern species are or less, ...

. It is a highly diverse genus, with member species that inhabit "most marine benthic substrates, on latitudes ranging from the Arctic to the tropics, and from the intertidal zone down to the deep sea." Species on the east coasts of North and South America have been extensively studied by Robert P. Higgins. Species in east Asia have been extensively studied by A. V. Adrianov. Members of ''Echinoderes'' are sexually dimorphic.

Species

Over 75 species are accepted within ''Echinoderes'': * '' Echinoderes abbreviates'' Higgins, 1983 * '' Echinoderes agigens'' Bacescu, 1968 * '' Echinoderes andamanensis'' Higgins & Rao, 1979 * '' Echinoderes angustus'' Higgins & Kristensen, 1988 * '' Echinoderes applicitus'' Ostmann, Nordhaus & Sørensen, 2012 * '' Echinoderes aquilonius'' Higgins & Kristensen, 1988 * '' Echinoderes arlis'' Higgins, 1966 * '' Echinoderes aspinosus'' Sørensen, Rho, Min, Kim & Chang, 2012 * '' Echinoderes augustae'' Sørensen & Landers, 2014 * '' Echinoderes aureus'' Adrianov, Murakami & Shirayama, 2002 * '' Echinoderes bengalensis'' (Timm, 1958) * '' Echinoderes bermudensis'' Higgins, 1982 * '' Echinoderes bispinosus'' Higgins, 1982 * ''

Echinoderes bookhouti ''Echinoderes'' is a genus of mud dragons first described in 1863.Sørensen, Martin Vinther, et al.An exploration of Echinoderes (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida) in Korean and neighboring waters, with the description of four new species and a redescr ...

'' Higgins, 1964 * '' Echinoderes brevicaudatus'' Higgins, 1977 * '' Echinoderes canariensis'' Greeff, 1869 * ''

Echinoderes cantabricus ''Echinoderes'' is a genus of mud dragons first described in 1863.Sørensen, Martin Vinther, et al.An exploration of Echinoderes (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida) in Korean and neighboring waters, with the description of four new species and a redescr ...

'' Pardos, Higgins & Benito, 1998 * ''

Echinoderes capitatus ''Echinoderes'' is a genus of mud dragons first described in 1863.Sørensen, Martin Vinther, et al.An exploration of Echinoderes (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida) in Korean and neighboring waters, with the description of four new species and a redescr ...

'' (Zelinka, 1928) * ''

Echinoderes caribiensis ''Echinoderes'' is a genus of mud dragons first described in 1863.Sørensen, Martin Vinther, et al.An exploration of Echinoderes (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida) in Korean and neighboring waters, with the description of four new species and a redescr ...

'' Kirsteuer, 1964 * ''

Echinoderes cavernus ''Echinoderes'' is a genus of mud dragons first described in 1863.Sørensen, Martin Vinther, et al.An exploration of Echinoderes (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida) in Korean and neighboring waters, with the description of four new species and a redescr ...

'' Sørensen, Jörgensen & Boesgaard, 2000 * '' Echinoderes cernunnos'' Sørensen, Rho, Min, Kim & Chang, 2012 * ''

Echinoderes citrinus ''Echinoderes'' is a genus of mud dragons first described in 1863.Sørensen, Martin Vinther, et al.An exploration of Echinoderes (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida) in Korean and neighboring waters, with the description of four new species and a redescr ...

'' Zelinka, 1928 * ''

Echinoderes collinae ''Echinoderes'' is a genus of mud dragons first described in 1863.Sørensen, Martin Vinther, et al.An exploration of Echinoderes (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida) in Korean and neighboring waters, with the description of four new species and a redescr ...

'' Sørensen, 2006 * ''

Echinoderes coulli ''Echinoderes'' is a genus of mud dragons first described in 1863.Sørensen, Martin Vinther, et al.An exploration of Echinoderes (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida) in Korean and neighboring waters, with the description of four new species and a redescr ...

'' Higgins, 1977 * ''

Echinoderes dujardinii ''Echinoderes'' is a genus of mud dragons first described in 1863.Sørensen, Martin Vinther, et al.An exploration of Echinoderes (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida) in Korean and neighboring waters, with the description of four new species and a redescr ...

'' Claparède, 1863 * ''

Echinoderes ehlersi ''Echinoderes'' is a genus of mud dragons first described in 1863.Sørensen, Martin Vinther, et al.An exploration of Echinoderes (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida) in Korean and neighboring waters, with the description of four new species and a redescr ...

'' Zelinka, 1913 * ''

Echinoderes elongatus ''Echinoderes'' is a genus of mud dragons first described in 1863.Sørensen, Martin Vinther, et al.An exploration of Echinoderes (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida) in Korean and neighboring waters, with the description of four new species and a redescr ...

'' (Nyholm, 1947) * '' Echinoderes eximus'' Higgins & Kristensen, 1988 * '' Echinoderes ferrugineus'' Zelinka, 1928 * '' Echinoderes filispinosus'' Adrianov, 1989 * '' Echinoderes gerardi'' Higgins, 1978 * '' Echinoderes gizoensis'' Thormar & Sørensen, 2010 * '' Echinoderes higginsi'' Huys & Coomans, 1989 * '' Echinoderes hispanicus'' Pardos, Higgins & Benito, 1998 * '' Echinoderes horni'' Higgins, 1983 * '' Echinoderes imperforatus'' Higgins, 1983 * '' Echinoderes intermedius'' Sørensen, 2006 * '' Echinoderes isabelae'' GaOrdóñez, Pardos & Benito, 2008 * '' Echinoderes kanni'' Thormar & Sørensen, 2010 * '' Echinoderes koreanus'' Adrianov, 1999 in Adrianov & Malakhov, 1999 * '' Echinoderes kozloffi'' Higgins, 1977 * '' Echinoderes krishnaswamyi'' Higgins, 1985 * '' Echinoderes kristenseni'' Higgins, 1985 * '' Echinoderes lanceolatus'' Chang & Song, 2002 * '' Echinoderes levanderi'' Karling, 1955 * '' Echinoderes malakhovi'' Adrianov, 1999 in Adrianov & Malakhov, 1999 * '' Echinoderes maxwelli'' (Omer-Cooper, 1957) * '' Echinoderes microaperturus'' Sørensen, Rho, Min, Kim & Chang, 2012 * '' Echinoderes multisetosus'' Adrianov, 1989 * '' Echinoderes neospinosus'' GaOrdóñez, Pardos & Benito, 2008 * '' Echinoderes newcaledoniensis'' Higgins, 1967 * '' Echinoderes obtuspinosus'' Sørensen, Rho, Min, Kim & Chang, 2012 * '' Echinoderes ohtsukaii'' Yamasaki & Kajihara, 2012 * '' Echinoderes pacificus'' Schmidt, 1974 * '' Echinoderes parrai'' GaOrdóñez, Pardos & Benito, 2008 * '' Echinoderes pennaki'' Higgins, 1960 * '' Echinoderes peterseni'' Higgins & Kristensen, 1988 * '' Echinoderes pilosus'' Lang, 1949 * '' Echinoderes remanei'' (Blake, 1930) * '' Echinoderes rex'' Lundbye, Rho & Sørensen, 2011 * '' Echinoderes riedli'' Higgins, 1966 * '' Echinoderes sensibilis'' Adrianov, Murakami & Shirayama, 2002 * '' Echinoderes setiger'' (Greeff, 1869) * '' Echinoderes skipperae'' Sørensen & Landers, 2014 * '' Echinoderes spinifurca'' Sørensen, Heiner & Ziemer, 2005 * '' Echinoderes stockmani'' Adrianov, 1999 in Adrianov & Malakhov, 1999 * '' Echinoderes subfuscus'' Zelinka, 1928 * '' Echinoderes sublicarum'' Higgins, 1977 * '' Echinoderes svetlanae'' Adrianov, 1999 in Adrianov & Malakhov, 1999 * '' Echinoderes tchefouensis'' Lou, 1934 * '' Echinoderes teretis'' Brown, 1999 in Adrianov & Malakhov, 1999 * '' Echinoderes truncatus'' Higgins, 1983 * '' Echinoderes tubilak'' Higgins & Kristensen, 1988 * '' Echinoderes ulsanensis'' Adrianov, 1999 in Adrianov & Malakhov, 1999 * '' Echinoderes wallaceae'' Higgins, 1983 * '' Echinoderes worthingi'' Southern, 1914

References

Kinorhyncha Animals described in 1863 {{Protostome-stub