Loricifera

Translingual

Etymology

Latin lōrīca (“breastplate”) +‎ -fera (“bearer”)

Proper noun

Loricifera

1. A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Ecdysozoa – many very small marine sediment-dwelling animals having a protective outer case (the lorica).

Hypernyms

• (phylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum

Hyponyms

• (phylum): Nanaloricida - sole accepted order

References

• Loricifera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Loricifera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Loricifera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Loricifera at the Tree of Life Web Project
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI