Morlockia

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Morlockia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Remipedia
Order: Nectiopoda
Family: Morlockiidae
Genus: Morlockia
García-Valdecasas, 1985

Morlockia is a genus of eyeless crustaceans in the family Morlockiidae. The genus contains 4 described species. [1]

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Etymology

The names Morlockia and Morlockiidae come from the Morlocks, a fictional species made by H. G. Wells in his 1895 novel The Time Machine , because of the genera's adaptation to low-light conditions, like the Morlocks. [2]

Species

Morlockia contains 4 accepted species: [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Morlockia García-Valdecasas, 1985". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  2. ↑ Valdecasas, Antonio G. (25 January 1985). "Morlockiidae new family of Remipedia (Crustacea) from Lanzarote (Canary Islands)" (PDF). Spanish National Research Council . p. 4. hdl:10261/170608 . Retrieved 10 September 2023.


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