TY - GEN A1 - Sørensen, Martin V. T1 - Redescription of Echinoderes levanderi Karling, 1954 (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida) – a kinorhynch tolerant to very low salinities T2 - European journal of taxonomy : 436 N2 - The kinorhynch species Echinoderes levanderi Karling, 1954 is redescribed. The species can now be recognized by the presence of spines in middorsal positions on segments 4–8, and in lateroventral positions on segments 6–9, with lateroventral spines on segment 9 showing sexual dimorphism; tubes in subdorsal and ventrolateral positions on segment 2, in sublateral positions on segments 4 and 8, in lateroventral positions on segment 5, and in laterodorsal positions on segment 10. Furthermore, the enlarged sieve plates on segment 9 make the species highly characteristic. New records of the species extend its distributional range into the Bothnian Bay where the bottom water salinity drops below 5 ppt, which is the lowest salinity recorded for a habitat with kinorhynchs. T3 - European journal of taxonomy : EJT - 436 KW - Baltic Sea KW - Echinoderidae KW - Gulf of Bothnia KW - meiofauna KW - meiobenthos KW - taxonomy Y1 - 2018 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/46286 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-462869 SN - 2118-9773 IS - 436 PB - Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle CY - Paris ER -