Kinorhyncha research project takes place at the Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, as part of Nature diversity.

Top 5 objectives:

1. To collect intertidal (and to some extent deep-sea) sediment samples;
2. To undertake morphological species determination, and identification of the species likely to be new to Norway and/or science;
3. To characterize molecularly the Kinorhyncha species detected in Norwegian waters;
4. To provide state-of-the-art descriptions of newly discovered species;
5. To establish a comprehensive overview on the biodiversity and geographic distribution of the Norwegian Kinorhyncha fauna.
   
   

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Kinorhyncha research project is funded for 2013-2014 by the artsprosjektet managed by Artsdatabanken (The Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre).