Nanaloricus mysticus

Nanaloricus mysticus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Loricifera
Order: Nanaloricida
Family: Nanaloricidae
Genus: Nanaloricus
Species:
N. mysticus
Binomial name
Nanaloricus mysticus
Kristensen, 1983

Nanaloricus mysticus is a species within the genus Nanaloricus. It was the first species of the phylum Loricifera, described by Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen in 1983.[1]

Taxonomy

The species was collected from three places.[1]

  1. From the surface layer of shell gravel close to Roscoff, France at a depth of 25-30 meters.[1]
  2. Close to the Azores Islands 480 meters deep.[1]
  3. Six miles east of Fort Pierce, Florida, 15 meters deep.[1]

Traits

Adult males are 227-235 μm long, while adult females are 230-235 μm long.[1]

  • Females have two partitioned clavoscalids (club-shaped scalids). The first of these segments include rounded outward lumps, and the tip of the second segment is pointed.[1]
  • Males have two abdominal clavoscalids and three more pairs of clavoscalids on their back.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Kristensen, R. M. (1983). "Loricifera, a new phylum with Aschelminthes characters from the meiobenthos". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 21 (3): 163–180. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.1983.tb00285.x. ISSN 1439-0469.
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