Pliciloricidae
| Pliciloricidae | |
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| Pliciloricus enigmaticus Higgins & Kristensen, 1986, illustration by Carolyn Bartlett Gast | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Loricifera |
| Order: | Nanaloricida |
| Family: | Pliciloricidae Higgins & Kristensen, 1986.[1] |
| Genera | |
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4 genera, see text | |
Pliciloricidae are a family of marine organisms in the phylum Loricifera. It contains 23 species in 4 genera.[2][3]
Genera
[edit]- Pliciloricus Higgins & Kristensen, 1986
- Rugiloricus Higgins & Kristensen, 1986
- Titaniloricus Gad, 2005
- Wataloricus Fujimoto, Yamasaki, Kimura, Ohtsuka & Kristensen, 2020
References
[edit]- ↑ Higgins, Robert P.; Kristensen, Reinhardt M. (1986). "New Loricifera from southeastern United States coastal waters". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (438). Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press: i–iii, 1–70. ISSN 0081-0282.
- ↑ "Pliciloricidae Higgins & Kristensen, 1986". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ Fujimoto, Shinta; Yamasaki, Hiroshi; Kimura, Taeko; Ohtsuka, Susumu; Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg (2020). "A New Genus and Species of Loricifera (Nanaloricida: Pliciloricidae) from the Deep Waters of Japan". Marine Biodiversity. 50 103. doi:10.1007/s12526-020-01130-3.
External links
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Data related to Pliciloricidae at Wikispecies