HIERARCHICAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE PHYLUM LORICIFERA (KRISTENSEN 1983)
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PHYLUM LORICIFERA LINKS
| The taxonomy of the phylum follows the system of Brusca and Brusca (2003) in which it has a single order that contains two families. I have assigned the name Loriciferida for its apparent class. |
- CLASS LORICIFERIDA (1 ORDER)
- Armorloricus, Nanaloricus, Pliciloricus.
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| By Jack R. Holt and Carlos A. Iudica. Last revised: 02/04/2012 |
