Spinoloricus

Spinoloricus is a genus of nanaloricid loriciferans. Its type species is S. turbatio, described in 2007,[1] and another species, native to completely anoxic environment, Spinoloricus cinziae, was described in 2014.[2]

Spinoloricus
Spinoloricus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Loricifera
Order: Nanaloricida
Family: Nanaloricidae
Genus: Spinoloricus
Heiner, 2007[1]
Type species
Spinoloricus turbatio
Heiner & Neuhaus 2007
Species
  • S. cinziae Neves et al. 2014
  • S. turbatio Heiner & Neuhaus 2007

References

  1. Heiner, Iben (2007). "Loricifera from the deep sea at the Galápagos Spreading Center, with a description of Spinoloricus turbatio gen. et sp. nov. (Nanaloricidae)". Helgoland Marine Research. 61 (3): 167. doi:10.1007/s10152-007-0064-9.
  2. Neves, Gambi, Danovaro & Kristensen (2014) Spinoloricus cinziae (Phylum Loricifera), a new species from a hypersaline anoxic deep basin in the Mediterranean Sea. Systematics and Biodiversity, vol. 12, 4, p. 489-502 doi:10.1080/14772000.2014.943820.


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