Loricifera

Pliciloricus enigmatus

Taxonavigation

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Loricifera
Ordines (1): Nanaloricida

Genus incertae sedis: †Sirilorica

References

• Adrianov, A.V. & V.V. Malakhov (1999). Cephalorhyncha of the World Ocean. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press Ltd, 328 pp.
• Heiner, I.; Boesgaard, T.M.; Kristensen, R.M. 2009: First time discovery of Loricifera from Australian waters and marine caves. Marine biology research, 5: 529-546. doi: 10.1080/17451000902933009 [not seen]
• Heiner, I.; Neuhaus, B. 2010: Phylum Loricifera: loriciferans, corset animals. Pp. 472-475 in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2010: New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3
• Kristensen, R.M. 1983: Loricifera, a new phylum with Aschelminthes characters from the meiobenthos. Zeitschrift für zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung, 21: 163-180. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.1983.tb00285.x
• Kristensen, R.M. 2002: An introduction to Loricifera, Cycliophora, and Micrognathozoa. Integrative and comparative biology, 42: 641-651. doi: 10.1093/icb/42.3.641 JSTOR
• Park, J.-K.; Rho, H.S.; Kristensen, R.M.; Kim, W.; Giribet, G. 2006: First Molecular Data on the Phylum Loricifera – An Investigation into the Phylogeny of Ecdysozoa with Emphasis on the Positions of Loricifera and Priapulida. Zoological science, 23: 943-954. doi: 10.2108/zsj.23.943
• Sørensen, M.V.; Hebsgaard, M.B.; Heiner, I.; Glenner, H.; Willerslev, E.; Kristensen, R.M. 2008: New data from an enigmatic phylum: evidence from molecular sequence data supports a sister-group relationship between Loricifera and Nematomorpha. Journal of zoological systematics and evolutionary research, 46(3): 231-239. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2008.00478.x

Links

• Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
• Loricifera in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on 2010-10-16

Vernacular names

Alemannisch: Korsetttreger
Boarisch: Korsettviecherl
eesti: Rüüloomad
Ελληνικά: Θωρακοφόρα
English: Loricifera
македонски: Корсетни животни
日本語: 胴甲動物門
Türkçe: Zırhlı solucanlar