Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cephalorhyncha > Class Kinorhyncha > Order Homalorhagida > Family Pycnophyidae > Genus Pycnophyes

Pycnophyes maximus Reimer, 1963

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pycnophyes*	Zelinka, 1907	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Reimer, L. (1963): Zur Verbreitung der Kinorhyncha in der mittleren Ostsee. Zoologischer Anzeiger 171(11/12): 440-447.
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	UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms
additional source	Neuhaus, B. (2013). Kinorhyncha (= Echinodera), in: Schmidt-Raesa, A. (2013). Handbook of Zoology. Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia and Gnathifera: 1. Nematomorpha, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Loricifera. Handbook of Zoology (2010), : pp. 181-348

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Citation

Neuhaus, B. (2014). Pycnophyes maximus Reimer, 1963. In: Neuhaus, Birger World list of Kinorhyncha. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101143