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Pliciloricus

Pliciloricus is a genus of marine organisms Pliciloricidae family, the phylum Loricifera described by Higgins & Kristensen, 1986.

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Pliciloricus
Pliciloricus enigmaticus Higgins & Kristensen, 1986, illustration by Carolyn Bartlett Gast
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Loricifera
Order: Nanaloricida
Family: Pliciloricidae
Genus: Pliciloricus
Higgins & Kristensen, 1986.

Pliciloricus is a genus of marine organisms Pliciloricidae family, the phylum Loricifera described by Higgins & Kristensen, 1986.1

Species

  • Pliciloricus cavernicola Heiner, Boesgaard & Kristensen, 20092
  • Pliciloricus corvus Gad, 20052
  • Pliciloricus diva Gad, 20092
  • Pliciloricus dubius Higgins & Kristensen, 19862
  • Pliciloricus enigmaticus Higgins & Kristensen, 19862
  • Pliciloricus gracilis Higgins & Kristensen, 19862
  • Pliciloricus hadalis Kristensen & Shirayama, 19882
  • Pliciloricus leocaudatus Heiner & Kristensen, 20052
  • Pliciloricus orphanus Higgins & Kristensen, 19862
  • Pliciloricus pedicularis Gad, 20052
  • Pliciloricus profundus Higgins & Kristensen, 19862
  • Pliciloricus senicirrus Gad, 20052
  • Pliciloricus shukeri Heiner & Kristensen, 20052
References

References

  1. 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
  2. World Register of Marine Species (Worms): Pliciloricus Higgins & Kristensen, 1986 AphiaID: 154509
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