Urnaloricus
Genus of tiny marine invertebrates
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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.[1][2][3][4]
| Urnaloricus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Loricifera |
| Order: | Nanaloricida |
| Family: | Urnaloricidae |
| Genus: | Urnaloricus Heiner & Kristensen, 2009 |
| Type species | |
| Urnaloricus gadi Heiner & Kristensen, 2009 | |
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The genus includes:
- Urnaloricus gadi Heiner & Kristensen, 2009
- Urnaloricus ibenae Neves, 2018[1]
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