Urnaloricus gadi nov. gen. et nov. sp. (Loricifera, Urnaloricidae nov. fam.), an aberrant Loricifera with a viviparous pedogenetic life cycle

Abstract A new species of Loricifera, Urnaloricus gadi nov. gen. et nov. sp., is described from the Faroe Bank, located Southwest of the Faroe Islands, North Atlantic. The new species does not fit into any known families of Loricifera and therefore it is grouped into a new family Urnaloricidae nov....

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Published in:Journal of Morphology
Main Authors: Heiner, Iben, Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2008
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmor.10671
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