List of Loricifera species

This is a list of species within the phylum Loricifera, a group of small to microscopic marine scalidophoran sediment-dwelling animals.

Nanaloricida Kristensen, 1983

Nanaloricidae Kristensen, 1983

Armorloricus Kristensen & Gad, 2004

• Species Armorloricus davidi Kristensen & Gad, 2004
• Species Armorloricus elegans Kristensen & Gad, 2004
• Species Armorloricus kristenseni Heiner, 2004

Australoricus Heiner, Boesgaard & Kristensen, 2009

• Species Australoricus oculatus Heiner, Boesgaard & Kristensen, 2009

Culexiregiloricus Gad, 2009

• Species Culexiregiloricus trichiscalida Gad, 2009

Fafnirloricus Fujimoto, 2020

• Species Fafnirloricus polymetallicus Fujimoto, 2020

Nanaloricus Kristensen, 1983

• Species Nanaloricus gwenae Kristensen, Heiner & Higgins, 2007
• Species Nanaloricus khaitatus Todaro & Kristensen, 1998
• Species Nanaloricus mathildeae Neves, Kristensen & Møbjerg, 2021
• Species Nanaloricus mysticus Kristensen, 1983
• Species Nanaloricus valdemari Neves, Kristensen & Møbjerg, 2021

Phoeniciloricus Gad, 2004

• Species Phoeniciloricus simplidigitatus Gad, 2004

Scutiloricus Neves, Kristensen & Møbjerg, 2021

• Species Scutiloricus hugoi Neves, Kristensen & Møbjerg, 2021

Spinoloricus Heiner & Neuhaus, 2007

• Species Spinoloricus cinziae Neves, Gambi, Danovaro & Kristensen, 2014
• Species Spinoloricus neuhausi Neves & Kristensen, 2016
• Species Spinoloricus turbatio Heiner & Neuhaus, 2007

Pliciloricidae Higgins & Kristensen, 1986

Pliciloricus Higgins & Kristensen, 1986

• Species Pliciloricus apteryx Sørensen, Grzelak, Kristensen & Herranz, 2022
• Species Pliciloricus cavernicola Heiner, Boesgaard & Kristensen, 2009
• Species Pliciloricus corvus Gad, 2005
• Species Pliciloricus diva Gad, 2009
• Species Pliciloricus dubius Higgins & Kristensen, 1986
• Species Pliciloricus enigmaticus Higgins & Kristensen, 1986
• Species Pliciloricus gracilis Higgins & Kristensen, 1986
• Species Pliciloricus hadalis Kristensen & Shirayama, 1988
• Species Pliciloricus leocaudatus Heiner & Kristensen, 2005
• Species Pliciloricus orphanus Higgins & Kristensen, 1986
• Species Pliciloricus pedicularis Gad, 2005
• Species Pliciloricus profundus Higgins & Kristensen, 1986
• Species Pliciloricus senicirrus Gad, 2005
• Species Pliciloricus shukeri Heiner & Kristensen, 2005
• Species Pliciloricus ukupachaensis Sørensen, Herranz, Grzelak, Shimabukuro, Kristensen & Zeppilli, 2023

Rugiloricus Higgins & Kristensen, 1986

• Species Rugiloricus bacatus Heiner, 2008
• Species Rugiloricus californiensis Neves, Kristensen, Rohal, Thistle & Sørensen, 2018
• Species Rugiloricus carolinensis Higgins & Kristensen, 1986
• Species Rugiloricus cauliculus Higgins & Kristensen, 1986
• Species Rugiloricus manuelae Pardos & Kristensen, 2013
• Species Rugiloricus ornatus Higgins & Kristensen, 1986
• Species Rugiloricus polaris Gad & Martínez Arbizu, 2005
• Species Rugiloricus renaudae Kristensen, Neves & Gad, 2013
• Species Rugiloricus doliolius Gad, 2005¹

Scaberiloricus Sørensen, Herranz, Neves, Kristensen & Garraffoni, 2023

• Species Scaberiloricus samba Sørensen, Herranz, Neves, Kristensen & Garraffoni, 2023

Titaniloricus Gad, 2005

• Species Titaniloricus inexpectatovus Gad, 2005

Wataloricus Fujimoto, Yamasaki, Kimura, Ohtsuka & Kristensen, 2020

• Species Wataloricus japonicus Fujimoto, Yamasaki, Kimura, Ohtsuka & Kristensen, 2020

Urnaloricidae Heiner & Kristensen, 2009

Urnaloricus Heiner & Kristensen, 2009

• Species Urnaloricus gadi Heiner & Kristensen, 2009
• Species Urnaloricus ibenae Neves, Kristensen, Rohal, Thistle & Sørensen, 2018

Loricifera incertae sedis

Patuloricus Sørensen, Grzelak, Kristensen & Herranz, 2022

• Species Patuloricus tangaroa Sørensen, Grzelak, Kristensen & Herranz, 2022

Tenuiloricus Neves & Kristensen, 2014

• Species Tenuiloricus shirayamai Neves & Kristensen, 2014