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WoRMS taxon details

Loricifera

AphiaID

101061 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101061)

Classification

Authority

Kristensen, 1983

Status

accepted

Rank

Phylum

Parent

Animalia

Direct children (2)

Ordering

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Order Nanaloricida
Subphylum Loricifera incertae sedis (temporary name)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Kristensen, R. M. (1983). Loricifera, A New Phylum with Aschelminthes Characters from the Meiobenthos. Zeitschrift fur Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung, 21: 163-180. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Fujimoto, S.; Sørensen, M.V. (2025). World List of Loricifera. Loricifera. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101061 on 2025-01-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Neuhaus, Birger

2020-01-20 13:40:57Z

changed

db_admin

2023-06-23 09:28:02Z

checked

Fujimoto, Shinta

Licensing

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original description Kristensen, R. M. (1983). Loricifera, A New Phylum with Aschelminthes Characters from the Meiobenthos. Zeitschrift fur Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung, 21: 163-180. [details]

additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]

additional source Neuhaus, B.; van der Land, J. (2001). Cephalorhyncha (=Loricifera, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Nematomorpha), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 159-160 (look up in IMIS) [details]

status source Ruggiero, M.A., D.P. Gordon, T.M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R.C. Brusca, T. Cavalier-Smith, M.D. Guiry & P.M. Kirk. (2015). A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLOS ONE. 10(4):1-60. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119248 [details]

identification resource Fujimoto, S.; Kristensen, R.M. (2020). Loricifera. In: Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (ed): Guide to the Identification of Marine Meiofauna. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München. 415-427. [details] Available for editors

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Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Language	Name
English	loriciferansgirdle wearers	[details]
Japanese	胴甲動物	[details]
Swedish	korsettdjur	[details]

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