Australoricus
Appearance
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Australoricus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Loricifera |
Order: | Nanaloricida |
Family: | Nanaloricidae |
Genus: | Australoricus |
Species: | A. oculatus
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Binomial name | |
Australoricus oculatus Heiner, Boesgaard & Kristensen, 2009
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Australoricus oculatus is a species of Loricifera, a species of microscopic marine sediment-dwelling animals, in the family Nanaloricidae. It is the only described species in the genus Australoricus. It was discovered in sea caves off New South Wales in Australia.
References
[edit]- Iben Heiner, Tom M. Boesgaard & Reinhardt M. Kristensen (2009). "First time discovery of Loricifera from Australian waters and marine caves". Marine Biology Research. 5 (6): 529–546. Bibcode:2009MBioR...5..529H. doi:10.1080/17451000902933009. S2CID 55259017.