This card's name contains a portmanteau of "Apocrypha" (or Apocalypse) and "Qliphort". Also, the Japanese name contains カーネル kāneru, a pun on "kernel" and "Bacikal" (バチカル Bachikaru "atheism"), the first Qliphoth emanation which is associated with the DevilSatan.
The name is also a reference to kernel, a type of computer program.
"Skybase" and "Towers" are the only "Apoqliphort" monsters, and the only non-Pendulum "Qliphorts". "Skybase" is based on the first Qliphah and "Towers" is based on the last.