Armorloricus

Armorloricus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Loricifera
Order:	Nanaloricida
Family:	Nanaloricidae
Genus:	Armorloricus; Kristensen & Gad 2004
Species
	A. davidi Kristensen & Gad 2004; A. elegans Kristensen & Gad 2004; A. kristenseni Kristensen & Gad 2004;

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

Species

Three described species.

Armorloricus davidi Kristensen & Gad, 2004
Armorloricus elegans Kristensen & Gad, 2004
Armorloricus kristenseni Heiner, 2004

Typical characteristics of this genus include smooth lorica (armor that covers their body) with large midventral and laterodorsal plates, very long and narrow mouth tube, etc.

Gallery

Schematic of A. elegans
Image of A. davidi
Image of A. kristenseni

References

1 2 Møbjerg Kristensen, R.; Gad, G. (2004). Armorloricus, a new genus of Loricifera (Nanaloricidae) from Trezen ar Skoden (Roscoff, France). Cah. Biol. Mar. 45(2): 121-156
1 2 3 WoRMS taxon details
↑ Kristensen, Reinhardt; Gad, G. (2004-01-01). "Armorloricus, a new genus of Loricifera (Nanaloricidae) from Trezen ar Skoden (Roscoff, France)". Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 45: 121–156.

This protostome-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.

[cbm-1] 1 2 Møbjerg Kristensen, R.; Gad, G. (2004). Armorloricus, a new genus of Loricifera (Nanaloricidae) from Trezen ar Skoden (Roscoff, France). Cah. Biol. Mar. 45(2): 121-156

[WoRMS-2] 1 2 3 WoRMS taxon details

[3] Kristensen, Reinhardt; Gad, G. (2004-01-01). "Armorloricus, a new genus of Loricifera (Nanaloricidae) from Trezen ar Skoden (Roscoff, France)". Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 45: 121–156.