Biology:Wataloricus
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Wataloricus is a monospecific genus. Its only species is Wataloricus japonicus.
Taxonomy
Wataloricus japonicus was found in near Japan in the Northwest Pacific. It was classified as being in Pliciloricidae.[1]
Traits
Some characteristics of this species which differentiate it from others within Pliciloricidae include:[1]
Adults
- Long, solid mouth tube with an membrane at its end shaped like an umbrella.[1]
- Two identical organs, each with a spinoscalid.[1]
- 15 trichoscalids (thin wikt:scalids).[1]
- 46 vertical plicae overall.[1]
Higgins-larvae
- Clavoscalids (club-shaped) with pointed ends.[1]
- Second row of scalids1 are spinoscalids.[1]
- Many wrinkles on the thorax.[1]
- Two pairs of hair-like structures on the front and back each.[1]
- Long, thin toes.[1]
Notes
^1 Rows start counting from the inside to the outside, and are found on the introvert.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Fujimoto, Shinta; Yamasaki, Hiroshi; Kimura, Taeko; Ohtsuka, Susumu; Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg (2020-11-14). "A new genus and species of Loricifera (Nanaloricida: Pliciloricidae) from the deep waters of Japan" (in en). Marine Biodiversity 50 (6): 103. doi:10.1007/s12526-020-01130-3. ISSN 1867-1624. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-020-01130-3.
- ↑ Sørensen, Martin V.; Herranz, Maria; Neves, Ricardo C.; Kristensen, Reinhardt M.; Garraffoni, André R. S. (2023-12-01). "A new Loriciferan, Scaberiloricus samba gen. et sp. nov., links the Higgins larva and the aberrant Shira larva" (in en). Organisms Diversity & Evolution 23 (4): 787–809. doi:10.1007/s13127-023-00626-7. ISSN 1618-1077. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-023-00626-7.
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