Pliciloricidae

Pliciloricidae
Pliciloricus enigmaticus Higgins & Kristensen, 1986, illustration by Carolyn Bartlett Gast
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

Traits

Pliciloricids generally have plicae on their loricas.[4]

Genera

References

  1. ↑ Higgins, Robert P.; Kristensen, Reinhardt M. (1986). "New Loricifera from southeastern United States coastal waters". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (438). Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press: i–iii, 1–70. ISSN 0081-0282.
  2. ↑ "Pliciloricidae Higgins & Kristensen, 1986". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
  3. ↑ Fujimoto, Shinta; Yamasaki, Hiroshi; Kimura, Taeko; Ohtsuka, Susumu; Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg (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.
  4. ↑ Fujimoto, Shinta; Murakami, Chisato (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. ISSN 0044-5231. Archived from the original on 28 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2026.

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