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Kinorhyncha Reinhard, 1885

Rank: Phylum
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Allomalorhagida Sørensen, Dal Zotto, Rho, Herranz, Sánchez, Pardos & Yamasaki, 2015
Cyclorhagida Zelinka, 1896

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: stekelwormen sources: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium
 English: kinorhynchs; mud dragons; spiny-crown worms sources: 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.
 French: Kinorhynques sources: Delage, Y.; Hérouard, E. (1897). 5e Classe Kinorhynques.—Kinorhynchia [Echinodères (Dujardin);—Kinorhyncha (Reinhard)]. Traité de Zoologie Concrète. Vol. 5. Les Vermidiens, Librairie C. Reinwald, Paris, 237-242.
 German: Kinorhynchen, Hakenrüssler, Igelnackentiere, Stoßrüssler, Igelwürmer sources: Haeckel, E. (1896). Systematische Phylogenie. Entwurf eines Natürlichen Systems der Organismen auf Grund ihrer Stammesgeschichte. Zweiter Theil: Systematische Phylogenie der wirbellosen Thiere (Invertebrata). Berlin, Georg Reimer.
 Italian: Chinorhinchi sources: 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.
 Japanese: 動吻動物; 動吻動物門 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Romanian: Kinorhinchii sources: Bacescu, M.; Bacescu, E. (1956). Kinorhinchii – reprezentanti ai unei clase de animale, nouă pentru fauna Rominească. Communicările Academiei Republicii Populare Romine. 6 (4): 543-549.
 Spanish, Castillian: Cinorrincos, Kinorrincos, Quinorrinchos, Quinorrincos sources: 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.
 Swedish: pansarmaskar

Literature

original description

Reinhard, W. (1885). Kinorhyncha (Echinoderes), leur structure anatomique et leur place dans le système. Travaux de la Société des Naturalistes à l'Université Impériale de Kharkow. 19: 205-305, pls. VIII-XII. [in Russian].

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

Needham, A. E. (1989). 10. Kinorhyncha. In: Adiyodi, K.G. & Adiyodi, R.G. (eds). Reproductive biology of invertebrates. Vol IV, Part A: Fertilization, development, and parental care. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, pp. 207–217.

additional source

Remane, A. (1936). Aschelminthes. Kinorhyncha (= Echinodera). In: Remane, A., Gastrotricha und Kinorhyncha, Dr. H. G. Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs. Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Leipzig. 4. Band: Vermes, II. Abteilung: Aschelminthes, Trochelminthes, 1. Buch, 2.Teil: Gastrotricha und Kinorhyncha, pp.243-372, Appendix pp. 373–385.

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

Adrianov, A. V.; Malakhov, V. V. (1995). Synopsis of the system of the phylum Cephalorhyncha. Russian Journal of Marine Biology. 21 (2): 89-96.

additional source

Yamasaki, H.; Hiruta, S. F.; Kajihara, H. (2013). Molecular phylogeny of kinorhynchs. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 67(2): 303-310.

additional source

Adrianov, A. V.; Malakhov, V. V. (1996). The phylogeny and classification of the class Kinorhyncha. Zoosystematics Rossica. 4 (1): 23-44.

additional source

Schepotieff, A. (1907). Die Echinoderiden. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 88(2): 291-326, pls. XVII-XX.

additional source

van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

additional source

Zelinka, C. (1907). Zur Kenntnis der Echinoderen. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 32(5): 130-136.

additional source

Adrianov, A. V.; Malakhov, V. V. (1994). Kinorhyncha: Structure, development, phylogeny and taxonomy. Nauka Publishing, Moscow. 1–262. [in Russian].

additional source

Zelinka, K. (1928). Monographie der Echinodera. Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig. 1-396, plates I-XXVII.

additional source

Kristensen, R. M. (2002). Kinorhyncha. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. John Wley & Sons, Ltd. 1-3.

additional source

Remane, A. (1929). Dritte Klasse des Cladus Nemathelminthes. Kinorhyncha = Echinodera. De Gruyter, Berlin, Handbuch der Zoologie. Band 2, Lieferung 6, 187-248.

additional source

Bütschli, O. (1876). Untersuchungen über freilebende Nematoden und die Gattung Chaetonotus. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 26: 363-413.

additional source

Schepotieff, A. (1908). 3. Zur Kenntnis der Echinoderiden. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 32: 585-589.

additional source

Higgins, R.P. & H. Thiel. (1988). Introduction to the Study of Meiofauna. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. 488 pp.

additional source

Zelinka, C. (1908). Zur Anatomie der Echinoderen. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 33 (19/20): 629-647.

additional source

Greeff, R. (1869). Untersuchungen über einige merkwürdige Thiergruppen des Arthropoden- und Wurm-Typus. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 35(1): 71-121.

additional source

Adrianov, A. V. and Malakhov, V. V. (1995). The phylogeny and classification of the phylum Cephalorhyncha. Zoosystematics Rossica. 3(2): 181-201.

additional source

de Beauchamp, P. (1965). Classe des kinorhynques. Echinodères (Dujardin 1851)—Kinorhyncha (Reinhard 1887). In: Grassé, P.-P. (ed.), Traité de Zoologie. Anatomie, systématique, biologie. Masson et Cie Éditeurs Libraires de l'Académie de Médecine, Paris. Vol. IV Némathelminthes (nématodes, gordiacés, rotifères, gastrotriches, kinorhynques), fascicule 3: 1407–1419.

additional source

González-Casarrubios, A.; Sánchez, N. (2024). Bibliometrics of Scalidophora (Animalia: Ecdysozoa): Evolution of knowledge, research topics and scientific collaborations in three distinct animal phyla. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 313: 332-344.

additional source

Reinhard, W. (1883). Zum Bau der Echinoderes. Protokoll der VII. Versammlung russischer Naturforscher und Ärzte. Sitzung der zoologischen Sektion den 22. August 1883, Odessa. Vol. 2A (3): 1-11 [in Russian].

additional source

Neuhaus, B. (2022). How repeatable are scientific studies of Kinorhyncha? An analysis of specimen-based location and deposition data in WoRMS from 1863 to 2020. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 301: 163-173.

status source

Ruggiero, M.A., D.P. Gordon, T.M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R.C. Brusca, T. Cavalier-Smith, M.D. Guiry & P.M. Kirk. (2015). A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLOS ONE. 10(4):1-60.

taxonomy source

Laumer, C. E.; Fernández, R.; Lemer, S.; Combosch, D.; Kocot, K. M.; Riesgo, A.; Andrade, S. C. S.; Sterrer, W.; Sørensen, M. V.; Giribet, G. (2019). Revisiting metazoan phylogeny with genomic sampling of all phyla. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 286, 20190831: 1-10.

taxonomy source

Herranz, M.; Stiller, J.; Worsaae, K.; Sørensen, M. V. (2022). Phylogenomic analyses of mud dragons (Kinorhyncha). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 168, 107375: 1-10.

taxonomy source

Sørensen, M. V.; Dal Zotto, M.; Rho, H. S.; Herranz, M.; Sánchez, N.; Pardos, F.; Yamasaki, H. (2015). Phylogeny of Kinorhyncha based on morphology and two molecular loci. PLOS ONE. 10(7): e0133440, 1-33.

taxonomy source

Reinhard, W. (1887). Kinorhyncha (Echinoderes), ihr anatomischer Bau und ihre Stellung im System. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 45: 401-467, pls. XX-XXII.

taxonomy source

Malakhov, V. V. (1980). Cephalorhyncha, a new animal phylum uniting Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Gordiacea, and a system of Aschelminthes worms [in Russian]. Zoologichesky Zhurnal. 59(4): 485-499.

taxonomy source

Sørensen, M. V. (2013). Phylum Kinorhyncha. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness (Addenda 2013). Zootaxa 3703, 1-82. Zootaxa. 3703(1): 63-66.

taxonomy source

Giribet, G.; Edgecombe, G. D. (2017). Current understanding of Ecdysozoa and its internal phylogenetic relationships. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 57(3): 455-466.

taxonomy source

Telford, M. J.; Bourlat, S. J.; Economou, A.; Papillon, D.; Rota-Stabelli, O. (2008). The evolution of the Ecdysozoa. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 363: 1529-1537.

taxonomy source

Chitwood, B G. (1959). The classification of the phylum Kinorhyncha (Reinhard, 1887) Pearse, 1936. Proceedings of the XVth International Congress of Zoology, London, 16-23 July 1958, Hewer, H. R., & Riley, N. D. (eds), XVth International Congress of Zoology at the Rooms of the Linnean Society of London. 941-943.

taxonomy source

Adrianov, A. V.; Malakhov, V. V. (1999). Cephalorhyncha of the world ocean. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow. 328 pp. [in Russian and English].

taxonomy source

Pardos, F.; Cepeda, D. (2024). Kinomenclature: An analysis of scientific names of mud dragons (Kinorhyncha). Zoologischer Anzeiger. 313: 279-288.

taxonomy source

Jeeva, C.; Mohan, P. M.; Ragavan, P.; Muruganantham, V. (2020). A review on taxonomy of phylum Kinorhyncha. Open Journal of Marine Science. 10(4): 260-294.

ecology source

Cepeda, D.; Pardos, F.; Sánchez, N. (2021). From biggest to smallest mud dragons: size-latitude trends in a group of meiobenthic animals worldwide. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 21(1): 43-58.

identification resource

Sørensen, M. V.; Pardos, F. (2020). Kinorhyncha. In: Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (Ed.), Guide to the identification of marine meiofauna. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, Munich. 391-414.

identification resource

Dal Zotto, M.; Todaro, M. A. (2016). Kinorhyncha from Italy, a revision of the current checklist and an account of the recent investigations. Zoologischer Anzeiger - A Journal of Comparative Zoology. 265: 90-107.

identification resource

Adrianov, A. V. (2011). Phylum Cephalorhyncha, class Kinorhyncha. In: Buzhinskaja, G.N. (ed.), Illustrated key to the invertebrates of Eurasien Arctic Seas and adjacent deep waters, Vol. 2 Nemertea, Cephalorhyncha, Oligochaeta, Hirudinida, Pogonophora, Echiura, Sipuncula, Phoronida, and Brachiopoda. Alaska Sea Grant, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks. pp. 41-49.

identification resource

Adrianov, A. V.; Maiorova, A. (2020). Chapter 13 Kinorhyncha. A review on biogeography of the deep-sea Kinorhyncha (phylum Cephalorhyncha Malakhov, 1980) along the NW Pacific. In: Saeedi, H. & Brandt, A. (eds), Biogeographic atlas of the deep NW Pacific fauna. 251-266.

identification resource

Neuhaus, B. (2004). 19. Kinorhyncha. In: Hofrichter, R. (ed.), Das Mittelmeer. Fauna, Flora, Ökologie. Vol. II/2 Bestimmungsführer, pp. 646-653. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag.

identification resource

Chatterjee, T. (2019). A review note on research studies of Kinorhyncha from India. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 60: 183-188.

identification resource

Boykin, J. C. (1974). Phylum Kinorhyncha. In: E.N. Kozloff (ed.), Keys to the marine invertebrates of Puget Sound and the San Juan Archipelago, and adjacent regions. VII + 266 pp. University of Washington Press, Seattle. pp. 39-41.

identification resource

Sørensen, M. V.; Pardos, F. (2008). Kinorhynch systematics and biology – an introduction to the study of kinorhynchs, inclusive identification keys to the genera. Meiofauna Marina. 16: 21-73.

identification resource

Bacescu, M. (1968). Class Kinorhyncha. Determination of the fauna of the Black and Azov Seas. 3rd edition. [2 English translations]. Naukova Dumka. 1, Free-living invertebrates: 237-250.

identification resource

Yamasaki, H. (2017). Diversity of Kinorhyncha in Japan and phylogenetic relationships of the phylum. In: Motokawa, M. & Kajihara, H. (eds), Species diversity of animals in Japan, diversity and commonality in animals. Springer Press, Tokyo. pp. 543-563.

identification resource

Remane, A. (1928). VII. d2 Kinorhyncha. In: Grimpe, G. & Wagler, E. (eds), Tierwelt der Nord- und Ostsee. Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft Becker & Erler, Leipzig. VIId5: 57-84.

biology source

Zelinka, C. (1914). Zwei Ektoparasiten der Echinoderen aus der Klasse der Ciliaten. Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte. 85. Versammlung zu Wien, Teil 2, 1. Hälfte, Nr. 13, 680-683.

biology source

Higgins, R. P. (1974). Chapter 11 Kinorhyncha. In: Giese, A. C. & Pearse, J. S. (Eds), Reproduction of marine invertebrates, Vol. I. Acoelomate and pseudocoelomate metazoans. Academic Press, New York, pp. 507-518.

biology source

Nyholm, K.-G.; Nyholm, P.-G. (1983). 11. Kinorhyncha. In: Adiyodi, K.G. & Adiyodi, R.G. (eds), Reproductive biology of invertebrates, Vol. II: Spermatogenesis and sperm function. John Wiley & Sons, New York. pp. 207-220.

biology source

Adrianov, A. V.; Malakhov, V. V. (1999). 7. Kinorhyncha. In: Adiyodi, K.G. & Adiyodi, R.G. (eds.) Reproductive biology of invertebrates, Vol. IX, Part A: Progress in male gamete ultrastructure and phylogeny. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester. pp. 193–211.

biology source

Neuhaus, B. (2004). 19. Kinorhyncha. In: Hofrichter, R. (ed.), Das Mittelmeer. Fauna, Flora, Ökologie. Vol. II/2 Bestimmungsführer, pp. 646-653. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag.

biology source

Neuhaus, B. (1999). Kinorhyncha. In: Knobil, E. & Neill, J. D. (eds), Encyclopedia of reproduction, Vol 2, pp. 933-937. Academic Press, New York.

biology source

Neuhaus, B.; Higgins, R. P. (2002). Ultrastructure, biology, and phylogenetic relationships of Kinorhyncha. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 42(3): 619-632.

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Citation

Neuhaus, B. (2025). World Kinorhyncha Database. Kinorhyncha. 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:101060

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