North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS name details

Leptodemus Zelinka, 1907

AphiaID

731300 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:731300)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (juvenile stage)

Accepted name

Kinorhynchus Sheremetevskij, 1974

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

none (type not designated)

Parent

Trachydemidae Zelinka, 1896 accepted as Pycnophyidae Zelinka, 1896

Original name

Leptodemus Zelinka, 1907

Direct children (11)

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Species Leptodemus acercus (Reinhard, 1887) accepted as Kinorhynchus acercus (Reinhard, 1885) (juvenile stage)
Species Leptodemus dubius (Reinhard, 1887) accepted as Kinorhynchus dubius (Reinhard, 1885) (new combination)
Species Leptodemus forceps Zelinka, 1928 accepted as Kinorhynchus forceps (Zelinka, 1928) (juvenile stage)
Species Leptodemus forficula Zelinka, 1928 accepted as Kinorhynchus forficulus (Zelinka, 1928) (juvenile stage)
Species Leptodemus giganteus Zelinka, 1928 accepted as Kinorhynchus giganteus (Zelinka, 1908) Sheremetevskij, 1974 accepted as Pycnophyes giganteus (Zelinka, 1908) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sørensen & Martínez, 2016 (juvenile stage)
Species Leptodemus metschnikoffii (Reinhard, 1887) accepted as Kinorhynchus metschnikowii (Reinhard, 1885) (juvenile stage)
Species Leptodemus navicula Zelinka, 1928 accepted as Pycnophyes naviculus (Zelinka, 1928) (juvenile stage)
Species Leptodemus parvulus (Reinhard, 1881) accepted as Kinorhynchus parvulus (Reinhard, 1881) (juvenile stage)
Species Leptodemus perlatus Zelinka, 1928 accepted as Kinorhynchus perlatus (Zelinka, 1928) (juvenile stage)
Species Leptodemus serratus Zelinka, 1928 accepted as Kinorhynchus serratus (Zelinka, 1928) (juvenile stage)
Species Leptodemus vitreus Zelinka, 1928 accepted as Kinorhynchus vitreus (Zelinka, 1928) (juvenile stage)

Environment

marine

Original description

Zelinka, C. (1907). Zur Kenntnis der Echinoderen. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 32(5): 130-136. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Neuhaus, B. (2025). World Kinorhyncha Database. Leptodemus Zelinka, 1907. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=731300 on 2026-10-10

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Leptodemus Zelinka, 1907. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=731300 on 2026-10-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2013-05-31 11:22:29Z

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Neuhaus, Birger

2020-09-10 07:11:27Z

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Neuhaus, Birger

2020-09-17 06:22:58Z

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Neuhaus, Birger