Checklist of kinorhynchs (Phylum Kinorhyncha, Kingdom Animalia)
that live in the ocean adjacent to Mount Desert Island

 (compiled by the Champlain Project)


Below is a working checklist of kinorhynch species that live in the ocean adjacent to Mount Desert Island. Please send corrections and updates to info@vfthomas.com. Photographs are welcome. Thank you.



Class Order Family Genus Specific Epithet authority common name Source (full citation given after 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.