Maine Biota Project

Kinorhynchs of Mount Desert Island

(Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Kinorhyncha)


Kinorhynchs of Maine

Kinorhynchs of Mount Desert Island


Below is a working list of Mount Desert Island’s kinorhynchs. Species attributed to Pollock (1998) are those that were reported as occurring between Cape Cod and Newfoundland.

Class Order Family Genus Species Authority Common Name Source (full citation given below this table)
? Homalorhagida Pycnophyidae Pycnophyes frequens Blake ? Procter (1933, p. 131.)
? Homalorhagida Pycnophyidae Kinorhynchus mainensis (Blake) ? Procter (1933, p. 131. as Trachydemus mainensis)
? Cyclorhagida Echinoderidae Echinoderes remanei (Blake) ? Procter (1933, p. 131. as Echinoderella remanei)


Source:
Procter, William. 1933. Biological Survey of the Mount Desert Region, Part V. Philadelphia: The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology.