Loricifera
TranslingualEdit
EtymologyEdit
Latin lōrīca (“breastplate”) + -fera (“bearer”)
Proper nounEdit
Loricifera
- A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Ecdysozoa – many very small marine sediment-dwelling animals having a protective outer case (the lorica).
HypernymsEdit
- (phylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum
HyponymsEdit
- (phylum): Nanaloricida - sole accepted order
ReferencesEdit
Loricifera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Loricifera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521
