Mud dragons (Kinorhyncha) are microscopic invertebrates, inhabiting marine sediments
across the globe from intertidal to hadal depths. They are segmented, moulting animals like …

The bathyal kinorhynch fauna along the Northwest American continental rise is explored,
with emphasis on species of Echinoderidae Zelinka, 1894. Seven species of Echinoderes …

Kinorhyncha is a group of benthic, microscopic animals distributed worldwide in marine
sediments. The phylum is divided into two classes, Cyclorhagida and Allomalorhagida …

Thirteen species of Echinoderes with nearly identical spine/tube patterns, and apparently
similar tergal extensions were re-examined and compared. Based on this, redescriptions …

Deep-sea trenches are one of the last frontiers for deep-sea exploration and represent a
large reservoir of undiscovered biodiversity. This applies in particular to organisms …

Two new species belonging to the Echinoderes coulli group are described with their
external morphologies and sequences of nuclear 18S rRNA and 28S rRNA genes, and …

Meiofaunal sampling was carried out in 2011 in the Pacific coast of Panama, West of
Panama City and Las Perlas Archipielago. No kinorhynch species have previously been …

Four new species of Centroderes are described from the Northwest Atlantic Ocean based on
light microscopical observations of 153 adult and 26 juvenile specimens and on SEM …

Several meiofaunal samplings along the continental slope of Central America and the
Antilles through the Caribbean Sea have revealed a rich kinorhynch fauna of undescribed …

Abstract Investigation of Kinorhyncha from Senghor Seamount (tropical northeastern Atlantic
Ocean) and the adjacent deep-sea floor revealed seven species of Echinoderes. Of these …