Pliciloricus

Pliciloricus enigmaticus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Nanaloricida
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 Ordo: Nanaloricida

Familia: Pliciloricidae
Genus: Pliciloricus
Species: P. apteryx – P. cavernicola – P. corvus – P. diva – P. dubius – P. enigmaticus – P. gracilis – P. hadalis – P. leocaudatus – P. orphanus – P. pedicularis – P. profundus – P. senicirrus – P. shukeri

Name

Pliciloricus R.P.Higgins & R.M.Kristensen, 1986

• Type-species: Pliciloricus enigmaticus R.P.Higgins & R.M.Kristensen, 1986

References

Primary references

• Higgins, R.P. & R.M. Kristensen 1986. New Loricifera from southeastern United States coastal waters. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 438: 1–70.

Additional references

• Adrianov, A.V. & V.V. Malakhov 1999. Cephalorhyncha of the World Ocean. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press Ltd, 328 pp.
• Gad, G. 2005: Successive reduction of the last instar larva of Loricifera, as evidenced by two new species of Pliciloricus from the Great Meteor Seamount (Atlantic Ocean). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 243: 239–271. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2004.09.001
• Heiner, I.; Boesgaard, T.M.; Kristensen, R.M. 2009: First time discovery of Loricifera from Australian waters and marine caves. Marine biology research, 5 (6): 529–546. DOI: 10.1080/17451000902933009
• Heiner, I.; Kristensen, R.M. 2005. Two new species of the genus Pliciloricus (Loricifera, Pliciloricidae) from the Faroe Bank, North Atlantic. Zoologischer Anzeiger 243: 121–138. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2004.05.002
• 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.