Scutiloricus
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| Line drawing of adult female Scutiloricus hugoi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Loricifera |
| Order: | Nanaloricida |
| Family: | Nanaloricidae |
| Genus: | Scutiloricus Neves, Kristensen & Møbjerg, 2021 |
Scutiloricus is a monospecific genus, with its only species being Scutiloricus hugoi.
Taxonomy
Scutiloricus hugoi was collected from clean shell gravel on the coast of Roscoff, France in Trezen ar Skoden. This species was separated from other specimens under a microscope.[1]
Traits
Adult Scutiloricus hugoi are characterized by:
- A square lorica (abdomen) made up of six plates with 14 frontal spikes. Of the 14 spikes, 12 appear as though they have perforations due to having ridges.
- At the back of its lorica, there is a small anal cone (ac in the image) surrounded on either side by two spurs (su in the image).
Something that has not been seen in the rest of Loricifera is receptacles for semen in adult females.[1]
The female chosen as an example for the species was 240 μm long and 83 μm wide.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Neves, Ricardo Cardoso; Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg; Møbjerg, Nadja (2021-05-05). "New records on the rich loriciferan fauna of Trezen ar Skoden (Roscoff, France): Description of two new species of Nanaloricus and the new genus Scutiloricus". PLOS ONE. 16 (5) e0250403. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0250403. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 8099068. PMID 33951070.
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