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Loricifera
Loricifera
Translingual
Proper noun
Loricifera
- A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Ecdysozoa – many very small marine sediment-dwelling animals having a protective outer case (the lorica).
Hypernyms
- (phylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum
Hyponyms
- (phylum): Nanaloricida - sole accepted order
References
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521