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Armorloricus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Loricifera

Order
  
Loricifera

Family
  
Nanaloricidae

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Loricifera, Pliciloricus, Pliciloricus enigmaticus

Armorloricus is a genus of nanaloricate loriciferans, small to microscopic marine sediment-dwelling animals.

Species

Three described species.

  1. Armorloricus davidi Kristensen & Gad, 2004
  2. Armorloricus elegans Kristensen & Gad, 2004
  3. Armorloricus kristenseni Heiner, 2004

Typical characters: smooth lorica with large midventral and laterodorsal plates, very long mouth tube, etc.

References

Armorloricus Wikipedia