Fafnirloricus

Fafnirloricus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Loricifera
Order: Nanaloricida
Family: Nanaloricidae
Genus: Fafnirloricus
Fujimoto, 2020
Species:
F. polymetallicus
Binomial name
Fafnirloricus polymetallicus
Fujimoto, 2020

Fafnirloricus is a monospecific genus, containing the species Fafnirloricus polymetallicus. It lives in sediment, as the rest of its phylum Loricifera does.

Taxonomy

In 2020, this species of Loricifera was found in the Clarion–Clipperton zone. It was found in sediment on manganese nodules 5223 meters deep.[1]

Traits

An adult male of this species has a ringed cheek tube and brachiated (branched) clavoscalids (club-shaped scalids).[1]

Some unique characteristics of this species that differentiate it include:

  • sawlike mouth parts[1]
  • a strange formation of scalids[1]
  • a lorica (abdomen) with 20 plates and 14 frontal spikes[1]
  • it is found very deep in the ocean[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Fujimoto, Shinta; Chisato, Murakami (November 2020). "A new genus and species of Nanaloricidae (Loricifera: Nanaloricida) from the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 289: 177–188. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2020.10.009. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
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