Two new species of Pycnophyes (Homalorhagida, Kinorhyncha) from the Canadian coast of the Beaufort Sea

Two new homalorhagid kinorhynchs, Pycnophyes canadensis n.sp. and Pycnophyes borealis n.sp., are described from two localities near Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Canada. Material collected in 1986 and 1987 from depths between 9.7 and 22.0 m in Tuktoyaktuk Harbour and nearby Mason Bay also incl...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian Journal of Zoology
Main Authors: Higgins, R. P., Korczynski, R. E.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1989
Subjects:
Animal Science and Zoology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Arctic
Northwest Territories
Canada
Tuktoyaktuk
Tuktoyaktuk Harbour
Beaufort Sea
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z89-293
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z89-293
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Summary:Two new homalorhagid kinorhynchs, Pycnophyes canadensis n.sp. and Pycnophyes borealis n.sp., are described from two localities near Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Canada. Material collected in 1986 and 1987 from depths between 9.7 and 22.0 m in Tuktoyaktuk Harbour and nearby Mason Bay also included juvenile stages of a second homalorhagid genus, Kinorhynchus. These constitute the first kinorhynchs described from Canada, the first homalorhagid kinorhynchs from the Beaufort Sea, and the first Kinorhynchus from the Arctic.

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