Urnaloricus

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

Urnaloricus is a genus of loricifera; it is distinct enough to belong to its own family, Urnaloricidae. Loricifera are a phylum of animals that live in marine areas only, and are very small in size. The Urnaloricus was found Southwest in the Faroe Islands, North Atlantic. It was the thirty-eighth loriciferan species found. One part of the life cycle is the Higgins larva and it is introverted with eight two-segmented clavoscalids.

The genus includes:

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