Loriciferans

Loricifera

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Loricifera (Loriciferans) is a phylum of animals. There are 29 species of Loriciferans, in 10 genera and 3 families.

EOL has data for 9 attributes, including:

known marine species
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DescribedAcceptedSpecies
- Definition: number of currently described and taxonomically accepted marine species in this clade (Appeltans et al. 2012. The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity. Current Biology 22, 2189–2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036)
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diet includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Diet
- Definition: Information about the items eaten by this organism.
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bacteria
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q10876
- Definition: a domain of prokaryotes
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habitat
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/habitat
- Definition: A category or description of the habitat in which the Event occurred.
- Comment: Example: "oak savanna", "pre-cordilleran steppe"
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marine benthic
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000024
- Definition: The marine benthic biome (benthic meaning 'bottom') encompasses the seafloor and includes such areas as shores, littoral or intertidal areas, marine coral reefs, and the deep seabed.
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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intertidal zone
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000316
- Definition: The area of the foreshore and seabed that is exposed to the air at low tide and submerged at high tide, i.e., the area between tide marks.
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undescribed marine species present in museum collections
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/UndescribedSpeciesInMuseumCollections
- Definition: "marine species in this clade which are currently represented in specimen collections (estimate) (Appeltans et al. 2012. The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity. Current Biology 22, 2189–2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036)"
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of loriciferans. View this species on GBIF

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Loriciferan Habitats

The environments in which many loriciferans species are known to live. Select an environment to see its loriciferans species checklist.

loriciferans Habitats

The environments in which many loriciferans species are known to live. Select an environment to see its loriciferans species checklist.

loriciferans includes 1 child:

Nanaloricida Kristensen 1983