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Eolorica
Taxonomy
Eolorica was named by Harvey and Butterfield (2017). Its type is Eolorica deadwoodensis.
It was assigned to Loricifera by Harvey and Butterfield (2017).
It was assigned to Loricifera by Harvey and Butterfield (2017).
Species
E. deadwoodensis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2017 | Eolorica Harvey and Butterfield p. 1 |
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G. †Eolorica Harvey and Butterfield 2017
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†Eolorica deadwoodensis Harvey and Butterfield 2017
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| T. H. P. Harvey and N. J. Butterfield 2017 | Body with lorica (posterior ‘corset-like’ region) and introvert (eversible spiny ‘head’); lorica length 120–215μm; total length including introvert ~180–300μm. Introvert almost as wide as the anterior lorica and around half the length of the lorica when everted. Introvert with >200 elongate scalids, including robust, jointed and reflexed anterior spinoscalids, and more gracile spinoscalids and/or trichoscalids posteriorly, some with fringed tips. Mouth region delimited by approximately six short clavoscalids or mouth cone elements. Lorica constructed from 20 longitudinal strip-like plicae, each 5–10 μm wide with squared or bluntly rounded anterior margins ornamented with a fine external fringe of 1.5μm long fimbriae; plicae undivided and undifferentiated, becoming poorly defined posteriorly. Lorica with a circular aperture and a slight curvature towards the (presumed) ventral side. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available