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- ↑ 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
- ↑ "Ocean Biogeographic Information System". www.iobis.org. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ↑ World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Rugiloricus cauliculus Higgins & Kristensen, 1986 AphiaID: 154511
