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Loricifera (from Latin, lorica,
corselet (armour) + ferre, to bear) is a
phylum of very
small to
microscopic marine cycloneuralian sediment-dwelling animals...
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paired ventral nerve cord
found in Panarthropoda,
Kinorhyncha and
Loricifera a
derived trait. A
respiratory and
circulatory system is only present...
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include three species of
Loricifera (< 1 mm in size) and the 10-cell
Henneguya zschokkei. In 2010
three species of
anaerobic loricifera were
discovered in the...
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Smaller phyla related to them are the Kinorhyncha, Priapulida, and
Loricifera.
These groups have a
reduced coelom,
called a pseudocoelom.
Other invertebrates...
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noted for the
discovery of
three new
phyla of
microscopic animals: the
Loricifera in 1983, the
Cycliophora in 1995, and the
Micrognathozoa in 2000. He is...
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Enteropneusta (acorn worms)
Pterobranchia Allomalorhagida Cyclorhagida Loricifera Aplacophora Bivalvia (clams, mussels, scallops, and kin)
Cephalopoda (octopuses...
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almost unique in the
animal kingdom, with the
partial exception of
Loricifera, and that
could have
already evolved in
prehistoric Micromalthidae. Yan...
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grounds to
unite three phyla: the Kinorhyncha, the
Priapulida and the
Loricifera. The
three phyla have four
characters in
common —
chitinous cuticle that...
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Cycloneuralia (unranked)
Scalidophora (unranked)
Phylum Kinorhyncha Phylum Loricifera Phylum Priapulida Nematoida (unranked)
Phylum Nematoda Phylum Nematomorpha...
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Chaetognatha Rotifera Nematoidea Nematoda Nematomorpha Scalidophora Kinorhyncha Loricifera Priapulida In addition, Cycliophora,
Entoprocta and
Tardigrada are sometimes...
