Urnaloricus

Urnaloricus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Loricifera
Order:	Nanaloricida
Family:	Urnaloricidae
Genus:	Urnaloricus; Heiner & Møbjerg Kristensen, 2009
Type species
	Urnaloricus gadi; Heiner 2009

Urnaloricus is a genus of loriciferans, distinct enough to belong in its own family, Urnaloricidae. Adult specimens are unknown, and are not thought to form part of the animal's lifecycle.[1]

Species include:

Urnaloricus gadi Heiner 2009
Urnaloricu ibenae Neves 2018[2]

References

Heiner, Iben (2009). " Urnaloricus gadi nov. gen. et nov. sp. (Loricifera, Urnaloricidae nov. fam.), an aberrant Loricifera with a viviparous pedogenetic life cycle". Journal of Morphology. 270 (2): 129–153. doi:10.1002/jmor.10671.
Neves, Ricardo C; Kristensen, Reinhardt M; Rohal, Melissa; Thistle, David; Sørensen, Martin V (2018). "First report of Loricifera from the North East Pacific Region, with the description of two new species". Marine Biodiversity. doi:10.1007/s12526-018-0898-1.

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[1] Heiner, Iben (2009). " Urnaloricus gadi nov. gen. et nov. sp. (Loricifera, Urnaloricidae nov. fam.), an aberrant Loricifera with a viviparous pedogenetic life cycle". Journal of Morphology. 270 (2): 129–153. doi:10.1002/jmor.10671.

[2] Neves, Ricardo C; Kristensen, Reinhardt M; Rohal, Melissa; Thistle, David; Sørensen, Martin V (2018). "First report of Loricifera from the North East Pacific Region, with the description of two new species". Marine Biodiversity. doi:10.1007/s12526-018-0898-1.