Urnaloricus
Urnaloricus is a genus of loriciferans, distinct enough to belong in its own family, Urnaloricidae. Adult specimens are unknown, and are not thought to form part of the animal's lifecycle.[1]
| Urnaloricus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Loricifera |
| Order: | Nanaloricida |
| Family: | Urnaloricidae |
| Genus: | Urnaloricus Heiner & Møbjerg Kristensen, 2009 |
| Type species | |
| Urnaloricus gadi Heiner 2009 | |
Species include:
- Urnaloricus gadi Heiner 2009
- Urnaloricu ibenae Neves 2018[2]
References
- Heiner, Iben (2009). " Urnaloricus gadi nov. gen. et nov. sp. (Loricifera, Urnaloricidae nov. fam.), an aberrant Loricifera with a viviparous pedogenetic life cycle". Journal of Morphology. 270 (2): 129–153. doi:10.1002/jmor.10671.
- Neves, Ricardo C; Kristensen, Reinhardt M; Rohal, Melissa; Thistle, David; Sørensen, Martin V (2018). "First report of Loricifera from the North East Pacific Region, with the description of two new species". Marine Biodiversity. doi:10.1007/s12526-018-0898-1.
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