Pliciloricidae
| Pliciloricidae | |
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| Pliciloricus enigmaticus Higgins & Kristensen, 1986. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington D.C.. III, 70 pp. ISSN 0081-0282
- ^ World Register of Marine Species (Worms): Pliciloricidae Higgins & Kristensen, 1986 AphiaID: 154507
- ^ Shinta Fujimoto, Hiroshi Yamasaki, Taeko Kimura, Susumu Ohtsuka and Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen. 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