Polymetallic nodule fields represent a large reservoir of undiscovered biodiversity that
becomes particularly evident for meiobenthic organisms, the smallest-sized faunal group …

Limited data are available for the kinorhynch fauna from the Southern Hemisphere, with little
or no data from New Zealand. Here, we provide a first comprehensive overview of the …

Cold seep areas are extremely reduced habitats with spatiotemporal variation of
hydrocarbon-rich fluid seepage, low oxygen levels, and great habitat heterogeneity. Cold …

Recent surveys in the Gulf of Mexico have considerably expanded the knowledge of Gulf
kinorhynch ecology and has increased the known diversity of the phylum in the area. In this …

The genus Echinoderes, currently consisting of over 150 known species, has seen a surge
in new descriptions since 2015. Species identification traditionally relies on morphological …

So far, 24 named kinorhynch species have been reported from the Southern Gulf of Mexico,
and out of these only five are Echinoderes species. The present study focuses on …

Two new species of pycnophyid Kinorhyncha, Leiocanthus quinquenudus sp. nov. and L.
satanicus sp. nov., are described from soft seafloor sediment samples in the Gulf of Mexico …

Two new species of Echinoderes are described from Mexico. Echinoderes abeli sp. nov. is
described from the archipelago Islas Marias in the Mexican Pacific Ocean west coast. The …

This study investigated kinorhynch communities from Mobile Bay, Alabama across three
sampling transects. A multicorer was used to collect sediment samples from fifteen sites …

Polymetallic nodule fields represent a large reservoir of undiscovered biodiversity that
becomes particularly evident for meiobenthic organisms, the smallest-sized faunal group …