Loricifera

Pliciloricus enigmatus

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Cycloneuralia
Cladus: Scalidophora
Phylum: Loricifera
Ordines (1): Nanaloricida
Genera incertae sedis: Tenuiloricus – †Sirilorica

Name

Loricifera Kristensen, 1983

References

Primary references

• 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

Additional references

• Adrianov, A.V. & Malakhov, V.V. 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. Reference page. 
• 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
Ελληνικά: Θωρακοφόρα
eesti: Rüüloomad
Nordfriisk: Korsetdiarten
日本語: 胴甲動物門
latviešu: Loriciferi
македонски: Корсетни животни
polski: Kolczugowce
русский: Лорициферы
Türkçe: Zırhlı solucanlar