Pliciloricus enigmaticus
{{Short description|Species of tiny marine invertebrate}}
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| image = Pliciloricus enigmatus.jpg
| image_caption = Pliciloricus enigmaticus {{small|(Higgins & Kristensen, 1986)}}, illustration by Carolyn Bartlett Gast
| genus = Pliciloricus
| species = enigmaticus
| authority = Higgins & Kristensen (1986)
| range_map = Distribución de Pliciloricus enigmaticus derivado 2013 000.jpg
| range_map_caption = Distribution of Pliciloricus enigmaticus
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Pliciloricus enigmaticus is a marine Loriciferan species of genus Pliciloricus first described by Higgins & Kristensen 1986.{{cite book |last1=Higgins |first1=Robert P. |author2-link=Reinhardt Kristensen |last2=Kristensen |first2=Reinhardt M. |year=1986 |title=New Loricifera from southeastern United States coastal waters |series=Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology |volume=438 |issue=438 |pages=1–70 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution Press |doi=10.5479/si.00810282.438 |place=Washington, DC |issn=0081-0282}}
Description
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Pliciloricus enigmaticus is a marine species in which adults measure between 160–268 μm of length (excluding any cone mouth).
The body is dual compound, located in the second row spinoscalids in position medioventral and lies fused in the middle of its length basal. It usually is very modified, strongly sclerotised, and rigid. The 15 spinoscalids have claws in the third row. Spinoscalids with 4–7 teeth that alternate with spinoscalids that are not modified.
The Lorica features 7 ridges cuticular transverse and longitudinal ridges doubles, 2 plates lateroventral of the caudal region. The anus is terminal.
Distribution
The species name Pliciloricus enigmaticus has so far only been used for animals found in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean: Two finds off the eastern shore of North America (see map, right).{{cite web |title=Pliciloricus enigmaticus {{small|(Higgins & Kristensen, 1986)}} |series=Worms |website=World Register of Marine Species |id=AphiaID 154513 |url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154513}}
See also
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References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Pliciloricus enigmaticus}}
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- {{cite web |url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=722188 |website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |title=Pliciloricus enigmaticus {{small|(Higgins and Kristensen, 1986)}} |id=Taxonomic Serial No. 722188}}
- {{cite web |url=http://collections.mnh.si.edu/search/iz/?qn=Pliciloricus+enigmaticus |website=Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History |title=Pliciloricus enigmaticus}}
- {{cite web |url=http://eol.org/pages/393152/overview |website=Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) |title=Pliciloricus enigmaticus}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.organismnames.com/details.htm?lsid=555992 |website=Index of Organisms Name (ION) |title=Pliciloricus enigmaticus {{small|(Higgins and Kristensen, 1986)}} |id=LSID 555992}}
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