Spinoloricus

Summary

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 cinziae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Loricifera
Order: Nanaloricida
Family: Nanaloricidae
Genus: Spinoloricus
Heiner, 2007[1]
Type species
Spinoloricus turbatio
Heiner & Neuhaus 2007
Species

References edit

  1. ^ a b 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): 167–182. Bibcode:2007HMR....61..167H. 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.