The Atlantic Barrier Reef ecosystem at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize. II, Kinorhyncha

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Series: Smithsonian contributions to the marine sciences, no. 18

By

Higgins, Robert P

Smithsonian Institution. Press

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

City of Washington Smithsonian Institution Press 1983

Notes

Eighteen new species, including one new genus of Kinorhyncha, are described from the reef ecosystem at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize. Pycnophyes neapolitanus Băcescu, 1968, is considered a junior synonym of P. ponticus Zelinka. Pycnophyes quadridentatus Zelinka, 1928, and P. flagellatus Zelinka, 1928, are synonymized under the former taxon and placed in Paracentrophyes, new genus (Neocentrophyidae), represented by a new species from the study area. Other genera represented by the remaining new species are extensively reviewed, species names are corrected to agree in gender, distribution records and keys to adults are compiled, and phylogeny discussed. Species distribution and richness are discussed. A maximum of 13 species representing four genera were found in a single local sample. This is contrasted with similar data from other parts of the world. Certain local species appeared to prefer or were restricted to fine, organically rich, low energy mangrove sediments as opposed to the more heterogeneous sediments with Thalassia beds and the even higher energy sediments of the coral reef proper.

Subjects

Belize , Carrie Bow Cay (Belize) , Carry Bow Cay , Coral reef ecology , Kinorhyncha

Call Number

QL391.K5 H53 1983

Language

English

Identifiers

LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/82600235
OCLC: 8689232