{{Short description|Genus of kinorhynchans}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Pycnophyes kielensis.jpg |image_caption = ''Pycnophyes kielensis'' |taxon = Pycnophyes |authority = Zelinka, 1907 }}

'''''Pycnophyes''''' is a genus of mud dragons belonging to the family Pycnophyidae.<ref name="GBIF">{{cite web |title=Pycnophyes Zelinka, 1907 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2501362 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=4 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.<ref name="GBIF" />

Species:<ref name="GBIF" />

*''Pycnophyes alexandroi'' {{small|Pardos, Sánchez & Herranz, 2016}} *''Pycnophyes almansae'' {{small|Sánchez, Herranz, Benito & Pardos, 2014}} *''Pycnophyes ancalagon'' {{small|Sørensen & Grzelak, 2018}} *''Pycnophyes apotomus'' {{small|(Higgins, 1983) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sørensen & Martínez, 2016}} *''Pycnophyes aulacodes'' {{small|Sánchez, Pardos, Herranz & Benito, 2011}} *''Pycnophyes beaufortensis'' {{small|Higgins, 1964}} *''Pycnophyes biserratus'' {{small|(Zelinka, 1928)}} *''Pycnophyes chiliensis'' {{small|Lang, 1953}} *''Pycnophyes communis'' {{small|Zelinka, 1908}} *''Pycnophyes conspicuus'' {{small|(Zelinka, 1928)}} *''Pycnophyes curvatus'' {{small|(Zelinka, 1928)}} *''Pycnophyes denticulatus'' {{small|(Zelinka, 1928)}} *''Pycnophyes diffusus'' {{small|(Zelinka, 1928)}} *''Pycnophyes echinoderoides'' {{small|Zelinka, 1928}} *''Pycnophyes egyptensis'' {{small|Higgins, 1966}} *''Pycnophyes frequens'' {{small|Blake, 1930}} *''Pycnophyes giganteus'' {{small|(Zelinka, 1908) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sørensen & Martínez, 2016}} *''Pycnophyes ilyocryptus'' {{small|(Higgins, 1961) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sørensen & Martínez, 2016}} *''Pycnophyes kukulkan'' {{small|Sánchez & Martínez, 2019}} *''Pycnophyes longihastatus'' {{small|(Zelinka, 1928)}} *''Pycnophyes longisetosus'' {{small|(Zelinka, 1928)}} *''Pycnophyes moderatus'' {{small|(Zelinka, 1928)}} *''Pycnophyes naviculus'' {{small|(Zelinka, 1928)}} *''Pycnophyes neuhausi'' {{small|Higgins, 2004, 2004}} *''Pycnophyes newguiniensis'' {{small|Adrianov, 1999, 1999}} *''Pycnophyes newzealandiensis'' {{small|Adrianov, 1999, 1999}} *''Pycnophyes norenburgi'' {{small|Herranz, Sánchez, Pardos & Higgins, 2014}} *''Pycnophyes oshoroensis'' {{small|Yamasaki, Kajihara & Mawatari, 2012}} *''Pycnophyes paraneapolitanus'' {{small|(Sheremetevskij, 1974) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sørensen & Martínez, 2016}} *''Pycnophyes parasanjuanensis'' {{small|Adrianov & Higgins, 1996}} *''Pycnophyes rectilineatus'' {{small|(Zelinka, 1928)}} *''Pycnophyes robustus'' {{small|Zelinka, 1928}} *''Pycnophyes sanjuanensis'' {{small|Higgins, 1961}} *''Pycnophyes schornikovi'' {{small|Adrianov, 1999, 1999}} *''Pycnophyes solidus'' {{small|(Zelinka, 1928)}} *''Pycnophyes stenopygus'' {{small|(Higgins, 1983) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sørensen & Martínez, 2016}} *''Pycnophyes tenuis'' {{small|(Zelinka, 1928)}} *''Pycnophyes tubuliferus'' {{small|Adrianov, 1989}} *''Pycnophyes validus'' {{small|(Zelinka, 1928)}} *''Pycnophyes zelinkaei'' {{small|Southern, 1914}}

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Category:Kinorhyncha