RT Journal Article
T1 Dracophyes cepedai gen. et sp. nov., a new Dracoderidae genus and species (Kinorhyncha: Allomalorhagida) from the Peru Basin
A1 González Casarrubios, Alberto
A1 Pardos Martínez, Fernando
A1 Sørensen, Martin V.
A1 Arbizu, Pedro Martínez
A1 Sánchez Santos, Nuria
AB A new Dracoderidae genus, Dracophyes gen. nov., and a new species Dracophyes cepedai sp. nov. from the Peru Basin are described. The new genus is characterized by the presence of acicular spines showing conspicuous intracuticular structures on segments 1–9 (either anchor for the dorsal or groove-like for the lateral series), alternating laterally displaced dorsal spines, becoming more lateral towards the posterior segments, males with two pairs of minute, poorly sclerotized penile spines, and its conspicuous obovate trunk shape. The new genus accommodates three species: Dracophyes toyoshioae comb. nov., Dracophyes chaac comb. nov. and D. cepedai sp. nov. The latter was collected in abyssal depths in the Peru Basin (East Pacific Ocean) and is recognised by having dorsal acicular spines on segments 1 to 9, alternating laterally displaced from the middorsal line, ventral acicular spines in ventrolateral position on segment 1, lateroventral position on segments 2–4 and 6–9, and in lateral accessory position on segment 5, tubes in lateroventral position on segment 5 and in lateral accessory position on segments 2 and 8, type 2 glandular cell outlets in lateroventral position on segment 10 and extremely long lateral terminal spines. Moreover, with the erection of the new genus, emended diagnoses for the family Dracoderidae and the former single genus within the family, Dracoderes, are proposed.
PB Elsevier
SN 0044-5231
YR 2022
FD 2022-10-12
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/123988
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/123988
LA eng
NO González-Casarrubios, A., Pardos, F., Sørensen, M. V., Arbizu, P. M., & Sánchez, N. (2022). Dracophyes cepedai gen. et sp. nov., a new Dracoderidae genus and species (Kinorhyncha: Allomalorhagida) from the Peru Basin. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 301, 145-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JCZ.2022.10.004
NO Cruise SO242-1 was financed by the German Ministry of Education and Science (BMBF) as a contribution to the European project JPI Oceans “Ecological Aspects of Deep-Sea Mining”. We acknowledge funding from BMBF under contract 03F0707E and 03F0812E.
NO Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Deutschland)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 22 mar 2026