Pliciloricidae

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Pliciloricidae
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Pliciloricus enigmaticus Higgins & Kristensen, 1986, illustration by Carolyn Bartlett Gast
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Loricifera
Order: Nanaloricida
Family: Pliciloricidae
Higgins & Kristensen, 1986. [1]
Genera

4 genera, see text

Pliciloricidae are a family of marine organisms in the phylum Loricifera. It contains 23 species in 4 genera. [2] [3]

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Genera

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): Pliciloricidae Higgins & Kristensen, 1986 AphiaID: 154507
  3. ↑ Shinta Fujimoto, Hiroshi Yamasaki, Taeko Kimura, Susumu Ohtsuka and Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen. 2020. A New Genus and Species of Loricifera (Nanaloricida: Pliciloricidae) from the Deep Waters of Japan. Marine Biodiversity. 50: 103.  DOI: 10.1007/s12526-020-01130-3

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