Loricifera

Translingual

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Loricifera

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: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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