# Pycnophyes

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{{Short description|Genus of kinorhynchans}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Pycnophyes kielensis.jpg
|image_caption = ''[Pycnophyes kielensis](/source/Pycnophyes_kielensis)''
|taxon = Pycnophyes
|authority = Zelinka, 1907
}}

'''''Pycnophyes''''' is a genus of [mud dragons](/source/Kinorhyncha) belonging to the family [Pycnophyidae](/source/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](/source/cosmopolitan_distribution).<ref name="GBIF" />

Species:<ref name="GBIF" />

*''[Pycnophyes alexandroi](/source/Pycnophyes_alexandroi)'' {{small|Pardos, Sánchez & Herranz, 2016}}
*''[Pycnophyes almansae](/source/Pycnophyes_almansae)'' {{small|Sánchez, Herranz, Benito & Pardos, 2014}}
*''[Pycnophyes ancalagon](/source/Pycnophyes_ancalagon)'' {{small|Sørensen & Grzelak, 2018}}
*''[Pycnophyes apotomus](/source/Pycnophyes_apotomus)'' {{small|(Higgins, 1983) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sørensen & Martínez, 2016}}
*''[Pycnophyes aulacodes](/source/Pycnophyes_aulacodes)'' {{small|Sánchez, Pardos, Herranz & Benito, 2011}}
*''[Pycnophyes beaufortensis](/source/Pycnophyes_beaufortensis)'' {{small|Higgins, 1964}}
*''[Pycnophyes biserratus](/source/Pycnophyes_biserratus)'' {{small|(Zelinka, 1928)}}
*''[Pycnophyes chiliensis](/source/Pycnophyes_chiliensis)'' {{small|Lang, 1953}}
*''[Pycnophyes communis](/source/Pycnophyes_communis)'' {{small|Zelinka, 1908}}
*''[Pycnophyes conspicuus](/source/Pycnophyes_conspicuus)'' {{small|(Zelinka, 1928)}}
*''[Pycnophyes curvatus](/source/Pycnophyes_curvatus)'' {{small|(Zelinka, 1928)}}
*''[Pycnophyes denticulatus](/source/Pycnophyes_denticulatus)'' {{small|(Zelinka, 1928)}}
*''[Pycnophyes diffusus](/source/Pycnophyes_diffusus)'' {{small|(Zelinka, 1928)}}
*''[Pycnophyes echinoderoides](/source/Pycnophyes_echinoderoides)'' {{small|Zelinka, 1928}}
*''[Pycnophyes egyptensis](/source/Pycnophyes_egyptensis)'' {{small|Higgins, 1966}}
*''[Pycnophyes frequens](/source/Pycnophyes_frequens)'' {{small|Blake, 1930}}
*''[Pycnophyes giganteus](/source/Pycnophyes_giganteus)'' {{small|(Zelinka, 1908) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sørensen & Martínez, 2016}}
*''[Pycnophyes ilyocryptus](/source/Pycnophyes_ilyocryptus)'' {{small|(Higgins, 1961) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sørensen & Martínez, 2016}}
*''[Pycnophyes kukulkan](/source/Pycnophyes_kukulkan)'' {{small|Sánchez & Martínez, 2019}}
*''[Pycnophyes longihastatus](/source/Pycnophyes_longihastatus)'' {{small|(Zelinka, 1928)}}
*''[Pycnophyes longisetosus](/source/Pycnophyes_longisetosus)'' {{small|(Zelinka, 1928)}}
*''[Pycnophyes moderatus](/source/Pycnophyes_moderatus)'' {{small|(Zelinka, 1928)}}
*''[Pycnophyes naviculus](/source/Pycnophyes_naviculus)'' {{small|(Zelinka, 1928)}}
*''[Pycnophyes neuhausi](/source/Pycnophyes_neuhausi)'' {{small|Higgins, 2004, 2004}}
*''[Pycnophyes newguiniensis](/source/Pycnophyes_newguiniensis)'' {{small|Adrianov, 1999, 1999}}
*''[Pycnophyes newzealandiensis](/source/Pycnophyes_newzealandiensis)'' {{small|Adrianov, 1999, 1999}}
*''[Pycnophyes norenburgi](/source/Pycnophyes_norenburgi)'' {{small|Herranz, Sánchez, Pardos & Higgins, 2014}}
*''[Pycnophyes oshoroensis](/source/Pycnophyes_oshoroensis)'' {{small|Yamasaki, Kajihara & Mawatari, 2012}}
*''[Pycnophyes paraneapolitanus](/source/Pycnophyes_paraneapolitanus)'' {{small|(Sheremetevskij, 1974) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sørensen & Martínez, 2016}}
*''[Pycnophyes parasanjuanensis](/source/Pycnophyes_parasanjuanensis)'' {{small|Adrianov & Higgins, 1996}}
*''[Pycnophyes rectilineatus](/source/Pycnophyes_rectilineatus)'' {{small|(Zelinka, 1928)}}
*''[Pycnophyes robustus](/source/Pycnophyes_robustus)'' {{small|Zelinka, 1928}}
*''[Pycnophyes sanjuanensis](/source/Pycnophyes_sanjuanensis)'' {{small|Higgins, 1961}}
*''[Pycnophyes schornikovi](/source/Pycnophyes_schornikovi)'' {{small|Adrianov, 1999, 1999}}
*''[Pycnophyes solidus](/source/Pycnophyes_solidus)'' {{small|(Zelinka, 1928)}}
*''[Pycnophyes stenopygus](/source/Pycnophyes_stenopygus)'' {{small|(Higgins, 1983) Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sørensen & Martínez, 2016}}
*''[Pycnophyes tenuis](/source/Pycnophyes_tenuis)'' {{small|(Zelinka, 1928)}}
*''[Pycnophyes tubuliferus](/source/Pycnophyes_tubuliferus)'' {{small|Adrianov, 1989}}
*''[Pycnophyes validus](/source/Pycnophyes_validus)'' {{small|(Zelinka, 1928)}}
*''[Pycnophyes zelinkaei](/source/Pycnophyes_zelinkaei)'' {{small|Southern, 1914}}

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