Wataloricus

Wataloricus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Loricifera
Order: Nanaloricida
Family: Pliciloricidae
Genus: Wataloricus
Fujimoto, Yamasaki, Kimura, Ohtsuka & Kristensen, 2020

Wataloricus is a monospecific genus. Its only species is Wataloricus japonicus.

Taxonomy

Wataloricus japonicus was found in near Japan in the Northwest Pacific. It was classified as being in Pliciloricidae.

Traits

Some characteristics of this species which differentiate it from others within Pliciloricidae include:

Adults

Higgins-larvae

Notes

^1 Rows start counting from the inside to the outside, and are found on the introvert.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Fujimoto, Shinta; Yamasaki, Hiroshi; Kimura, Taeko; Ohtsuka, Susumu; Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg (2020-11-14). "A new genus and species of Loricifera (Nanaloricida: Pliciloricidae) from the deep waters of Japan". Marine Biodiversity. 50 (6): 103. doi:10.1007/s12526-020-01130-3. ISSN 1867-1624.
  2. ↑ Sørensen, Martin V.; Herranz, Maria; Neves, Ricardo C.; Kristensen, Reinhardt M.; Garraffoni, André R. S. (2023-12-01). "A new Loriciferan, Scaberiloricus samba gen. et sp. nov., links the Higgins larva and the aberrant Shira larva". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 23 (4): 787–809. doi:10.1007/s13127-023-00626-7. ISSN 1618-1077.