MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Cristaphyes cryopygus (Higgins & Kristensen, 1988) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sørensen & Martínez, 2016

ERMS taxon details

Cristaphyes cryopygus (Higgins & Kristensen, 1988) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sørensen & Martínez, 2016

AphiaID

1433364 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1433364)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

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

Original name

Pycnophyes cryopygus Higgins & Kristensen, 1988

Synonymised names

Cristaphyes scatha Sørensen & Grzelak, 2018 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Pycnophyes cryopygus Higgins & Kristensen, 1988 · unaccepted (new combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Pycnophyes cryopygus Higgins & Kristensen, 1988) Higgins, R. P.; Kristensen, R. M. (1988). Kinorhyncha from Disko Island, West Greenland. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 458: 1-56., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/5536/SCtZ-0458-Lo_res.pdf?sequence= [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Neuhaus, B. (2021). World Kinorhyncha Database. Cristaphyes cryopygus (Higgins & Kristensen, 1988) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sørensen & Martínez, 2016. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1433364 on 2026-10-04

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Cristaphyes cryopygus (Higgins & Kristensen, 1988) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sørensen & Martínez, 2016. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1433364 on 2026-10-04

Taxonomic edit history

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2020-04-24 08:25:44Z

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2020-04-25 08:03:45Z

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2020-04-27 07:16:15Z

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original description (of Pycnophyes cryopygus Higgins & Kristensen, 1988) Higgins, R. P.; Kristensen, R. M. (1988). Kinorhyncha from Disko Island, West Greenland. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 458: 1-56., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/5536/SCtZ-0458-Lo_res.pdf?sequence= [details] Available for editors

original description (of Cristaphyes scatha Sørensen & Grzelak, 2018) 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] Available for editors

redescription Sørensen, M. V.; Zalewska, A.; Grzelak, K. (2026). Integrative studies of the Greenlandic kinorhynchs Krakenella greenlandica and Cristaphyes cryopygus (Kinorhyncha: Pycnophyidae) indicate conspecificity with species from Svalbard. Systematics and Biodiversity. 24(1):2597249, 1-36., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2025.2597249
page(s): 4-18; note: Synonymy Pycnophyes cryopygus Higgins & Kristensen, 1988, pp. 36–47, figures 81–133. Pycnophyes cryopygus—Higgins, 1991; Neuhaus, 1993, 2013; Adrianov & Malakhov, 1999; Lemburg, 2002; Herranz e...

Synonymy Pycnophyes cryopygus Higgins & Kristensen, 1988, pp. 36–47, figures 81–133. Pycnophyes cryopygus—Higgins, 1991; Neuhaus, 1993, 2013; Adrianov & Malakhov, 1999; Lemburg, 2002; Herranz et al., 2014; Sanchez et al., 2014, 2016. Cristaphyes cryopygus S anchez et al., 2016, pp. 496–497. Cristaphyes cryopygus—Grzelak & Sørensen, 2018; Sørensen & Grzelak, 2018; Cepeda et al., 2019b; Sørensen & Pardos, 2020. Cristaphyes scatha Sørensen & Grzelak, 2018. Syn. nov. Cristaphyes scatha—Cepeda et al., 2019b; Grzelak & Sørensen, 2019a.

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new combination reference Sánchez, N.; Yamasaki, H.; Pardos, F.; Sørensen, M. V.; Martínez, A. (2016). Morphology disentangles the systematics of a ubiquitous but elusive meiofaunal group (Kinorhyncha: Pycnophyidae). Cladistics. 32(5): 479-505., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12143 [details] Available for editors

biology source Lubośny, M.; Zalewska, A.; Herranz, M.; Sørensen, M. V.; Grzelak, K. (2026). Towards a mitogenomic phylogeny of mud dragons (Kinorhyncha): two new mitogenomes from the Pycnophyidae family. Scientific Reports. 16(1):1-10., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-54168-x [details] Available for editors

Nontype (of Pycnophyes cryopygus Higgins & Kristensen, 1988) Private uncatalogued, geounit Disko Island [details]

Nontype (of Cristaphyes scatha Sørensen & Grzelak, 2018) Private uncatalogued, geounit Svalbard [details]

Nontype NHMD NHMD-1884560, 1884562, 1884563, 1884565, geounit Disko Island [details]

Nontype NHMD NHMD-1884566, geounit Disko Island [details]

Nontype NHMD NHMD-1884568, 1884570, 1884571, geounit Disko Island [details]

Nontype NHMD NHMD-1884575 - 1884575, 1904661, geounit Svalbard [details]

Nontype NHMD NHMD-1904662, geounit Svalbard [details]

Nontype NHMD NHMD-1904663, geounit Svalbard [details]

Nontype NHMD NHMD-1986932, geounit Disko Island [details]

Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Disko Island [details]

Nontype Private uncatalogued, geounit Svalbard [details]

Paratype (of Cristaphyes scatha Sørensen & Grzelak, 2018) NHMD NHMD-233062, geounit Svalbard [details]

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pycnophyes cryopygus Higgins & Kristensen, 1988)
To PESI (from synonym Pycnophyes cryopygus Higgins & Kristensen, 1988)