''Pliciloricus'' is a genus of marine organisms
Pliciloricidae
Pliciloricidae are a family of marine organisms in the phylum Loricifera
Loricifera (from Latin, ''wikt:lorica, lorica'', corselet (armour) + ''ferre'', to bear) is a phylum of very small to microscopic marine cycloneuralian sediment-dwellin ...
family, the phylum
Loricifera
Loricifera (from Latin, ''wikt:lorica, lorica'', corselet (armour) + ''ferre'', to bear) is a phylum of very small to microscopic marine cycloneuralian sediment-dwelling animals with 43 described species and approximately 100 more that hav ...
described by Higgins &
Kristensen, 1986.
[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]
Species
* ''
Pliciloricus cavernicola''
Heiner, Boesgaard & Kristensen, 2009[World Register of Marine Species (Worms): ''Pliciloricus'' Higgins & Kristensen, 1986 AphiaID: 154509](_blank)
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* '' Pliciloricus corvus'' Gad, 2005
* '' Pliciloricus diva'' Gad, 2009
* '' Pliciloricus dubius'' Higgins & Kristensen, 1986
* ''Pliciloricus enigmaticus
'' Pliciloricus enigmaticus'' is a marine Loriciferan species of genus '' Pliciloricus'' first described by Higgins & Kristensen 1986.
Description
''Pliciloricus enigmaticus'' is a marine species in which adults measure between 160–268&n ...
'' Higgins & Kristensen, 1986
* '' Pliciloricus gracilis'' Higgins & Kristensen, 1986
* '' Pliciloricus hadalis'' Kristensen & Shirayama, 1988
* '' Pliciloricus leocaudatus'' Heiner & Kristensen, 2005
* '' Pliciloricus orphanus'' Higgins & Kristensen, 1986
* '' Pliciloricus pedicularis'' Gad, 2005
* '' Pliciloricus profundus'' Higgins & Kristensen, 1986
* '' Pliciloricus senicirrus'' Gad, 2005
* '' Pliciloricus shukeri'' Heiner & Kristensen, 2005
References
External links
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS): ''Pliciloricus'' Higgins and Kristensen, 1986 Taxonomic Serial No.: 202428
Animañ Diversity Web: ''Pliciloricus''
The Tree of Life: Loricifera
* ttp://www.ubio.org/NZ/search.php?search=Pliciloricus&selectall=Check+All&colname=on&colcategory=on&colauthority=on&colcomments=on&page=&vol= Nomenclator Zoologicus: Pliciloricus
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Loricifera