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	Literaturliste der Loricifera - Noframe
		Adrianov, A. V.; Malakhov, V. and Yushin, V. (1989): Loricifera a new taxon of marine invertebrates.
		Gad, G. (2004): A new genus of Nanaloricidae (Loricifera) from deep-sea sediments of volcanic origin in the Kilinailau Trench north of Papua New Guinea.
		Kristensen, R. (1983): Loricifera, a new phylum with aschelmintes characters from meiobenthos.
	wwwuser.gwdg.de /~clembur/lorilit.htm (3358 words)

	Loriciferan - Search View - MSN Encarta
		The mouth is surrounded by nine rings of bristly scales, the first set of which point forward, the rest backward.
		The body is encased in several hard plates that resemble a corset, from which the group gets the name Loricifera, meaning “corset-bearer.” At the hind end of the body is an anus.
		Much of the body cavity of adults is filled with either developing eggs or testes.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761559573__1/Loriciferan.html (249 words)

	Loricifera - HighBeam Encyclopedia
		Loricifera, phylum of microscopic animals discovered in 1974.
		They have spiny heads and unsegmented bodies encased in a vase-shaped anterior that can retract into the posterior trunk.
		Traveling Sharks: There's more to the seashore than sand, sun and surf--there's science all around you.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Loricife.html (179 words)

	Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen
		Kristensen, R.M. Loricifera, a new phylum with Aschelminthes characters from the meiobenthos.
		and Kristensen, R.M. Loricifera, en nyupptäckt stam inom djurriket.
		Neuhaus, B., Kristensen, R.M. and Peters, W. Ultrastructure of the cuticle of Loricifera and demonstration of chitin using gold‑labelled wheat germ agglutin.
	www.zmuc.dk /inverweb/staff/Reinhardt_M_Kristensen/rmk_pub.htm (2909 words)

	AN EXPLORATION OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN NEMATOMORPHA
		The phyla Loricifera and Priapulida are related and may be grouped in a single taxon.
		In a related article by Kristensen (2000), Kinorhyncha, Priapulida and Loricifera are shown to all have chitin in the procuticle, an outer covering found in some organisms.
		Loricifera have a segmented body divided into five regions - a mouth cone, head, neck, thorax and abdomen (Kristensen, 1999).
	comenius.susqu.edu /bi/202/Journal/vol10/number1/WPC.htm (2196 words)

	Marine Phyla Pages
		The Loricifera are minute invertebrates, rarely attaining 0.5 mm in size.
		Loricifera are dioecious animals that have paired gonads.
		The range for this phylum has also been extended to include the coastal regions of North America, and a global distribution seems likely.
	kingfish.coastal.edu /marine/302/phyla/loricifera.htm (253 words)

	M34.htm
		The Loricifera were only discovered and described as a phylum in 1983, and less than a few dozen species have so far been described.
		All known Loriciferans are small (less than 0.4 mm) meiofaunal animals that live in the interstitial spaces of gravel or mud sediments, and have been found in waters up to several thousand meters deep.
		Although both the larvae and adults appear to be free living, very little else is known about their biology.
	www.meer.org /M34.htm (115 words)

	Animal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Traditionally the Arthropoda - the largest animal phylum including insects, spiders, crabs, and kin - and two small phyla closely related to it, the Onychophora and Tardigrada, have been considered close relatives of the Annelida on account of their common segmented body plan (the Articulata hypothesis).
		This relationship is now in doubt, and it appears that instead they belong with various pseudocoeolomate worms - the Nematoda (roundworms), Nematomorpha (horsehair worms), Kinorhyncha, Loricifera, and Priapulida - which share with them ecdysis and several other characteristics.
		There are various pseudocoelomate protostomes that are hard to classify because of their small size and reduced structure.
	www.icyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/a/an/animal.html (1419 words)

	Life on a Grain of Sand - - science news articles online technology magazine articles Life on a Grain of Sand (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Among the Loricifera, Higgins and Kristensen initially described 3 genera and 5 species.
		The zoologists don’t know what the Loricifera eat, either, but guess that they may subsist as parasites because their narrow snouts appear designed for piercing and sucking.
		Animals that lay hundreds of eggs (such as many species of fish) can afford to abandon their offspring, since it is likely that many of their young will survive the vagaries of nature.
	www.discover.com /issues/apr-95/features/lifeonagrainofsa491 (4192 words)

	SICB
		Despite being retired, Bob Higgins was invited to speak at this symposium, and although he was unable to attend, he coauthored a contribution with Birger Neuhaus in these proceedings on kinorhynchs.
		He will present a general overview of nematomorphs and also describe how the gastrotrichs are an important taxon because they are considered to be closely related to the molting non-panarthropods and yet they themselves do not molt.
		Kristensen, R.M. (1983) Loricifera, a new phyhlum with aschelminthes characters from the meiobenthos.
	chuma.cas.usf.edu /~garey/sicb.html (2240 words)

	Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft \| Research \| Departments \| German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research ...
		To find out the constellation of the phylogentic relationship of all three taxa it is important that all three groups have a similar level of knowledge.
		Momentarily the Loricifera are still the taxon with most unknown aspects.
		Investigations of the complex morphology, to clarify the buccal structures and the complex pattern of the scalid arrangement on the introvert.
	www.senckenberg.de /root/index.php?page_id=3920 (151 words)

	An Introduction to Loricifera, Cycliophora, and Micrognathozoa -- Kristensen 42 (3): 641 -- Integrative and Comparative ...
		New Loricifera from southeastern United States coastal waters.
		Kristensen, R. Loricifera, a new phylum with Aschelminthes characters from meiobenthos.
		Ultrastructure of the cuticle of Loricifera and demonstration of chitin using gold-labelling wheat germ agglutinin.
	icb.oxfordjournals.org /cgi/content/full/42/3/641 (4311 words)

	mesozoans
		The youth develop in the tissues of arthropods and the adults live and reproduce in the intestines of vertebrates.
		Four pseudocoelomate phyla-Kinorhyncha, Gastrotricha, Loricifera, and Rotifera-reside in the sand and silt of shorelines.
		The animals of the Loricifera phylum are unique from the other three phyla because their larvae are free-swimming and the adults are free-swimming.
	infusion.allconet.org /webquest/mesozoans.html (402 words)

	mesozoans
		The youth develop in the tissues of arthropods and the adults live and reproduce in the intestines of vertebrates.
		Four pseudocoelomate phyla-Kinorhyncha, Gastrotricha, Loricifera, and Rotifera-reside in the sand and silt of shorelines.
		The animals of the Loricifera phylum are unique from the other three phyla because their larvae are free-swimming and the adults are free-swimming.
	www.infusion.allconet.org /webquest/mesozoans.html (402 words)

	:: Centre for Marine Biodiversity ::
		The discovery of phyla is truly extraordinary as the 1.5 million or so species described on the planet can all be classified into only about 43 phyla.
		In 1983, the Danish zoologist, R. Kristensen discovered the phylum Loricifera living in the tiny spaces between marine gravel in sediments off the French coast.
		Since then at least 10 more species have been described (with rumours of 100s under investigation!), including inhabitants of coastal areas of North America.
	www.marinebiodiversity.ca /en/corridor_species.html (577 words)

	Lab 3 – Ecdysozoa (7 phyla)
		Loricifera - The Loricifera are a recently discovered group of diminutive animals.
		Priapulida – The Priapulida are marine worms that burrow in sediments.
		Choose from the following diagrams (also represented above): internal anatomy of Onychophora, internal anatomy of Tardigrada, male and female freshwater nematodes, cross section of a Kinorhyncha, or Loricifera.
	online.sfsu.edu /~jrblair/biol170/lab/Laboratory-3.htm (968 words)

	Introduction to the "Aschelminth" Phyla
		Loricifera -- loriciferans; about 10 species described, all microscopic
		Most are soft-bodied worms, and many of them are microscopic -- in fact, practically all members of the Cycliophora, Gastrotricha, Kinorhyncha, Loricifera, and Rotifera are less than 1 millimeter long, as are many nematodes and priapulids.
		On the other hand, one species of parasitic nematode can reach 13 meters in length -- it parasitizes the sperm whale -- and adult nematomorphs, chaetognaths, and some priapulids are also visible to the naked eye.
	www.ucmp.berkeley.edu /aschelminthes/aschelminthes.html (941 words)

	ITIS Standard Report Page: Loricifera
		Loricifera, a new phylum with Aschelminthes characters from the meiobenthos
		Some authors treat the Loricifera (as well as the Priapul[id]a, Kinorhyncha, and Nematomorpha) as classes within a Phylum Cephalorhyncha.
		For the moment ITIS retains these groups as separate phyla, though there seems to be much evidence supporting their close relationship to each other
	www.itis.gov /servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=202425 (142 words)

	Loricifera - The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition - HighBeam Research
		Loricifera - The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition - HighBeam Research
		Loricifera, phylum of microscopic animals discovered in 1974.
		They have spiny heads and unsegmented bodies encased in a vase-shaped anterior that can retract into the posterior trunk.
	www.highbeam.com /doc/1E1-Loricife.html (79 words)

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		A flexible feeding tube that can be retracted into the organism D.
		Loricifera larvae 1 and 2 are moving toward the grain of sand.
		Which of these is not a characteristic of the producers Loriciferas eat?
	thetrc.org /trc/download/tsds/Loricifera_Error_Examples.doc (1001 words)

	Animal - New World Encyclopedia
		Phylum Loricifera (minute marine animals found attached to rocks and shells)
		Phylum Entoprocta (small filter feeders found along ocean coasts)
		Smaller phyla related to them are the Nematomorpha or horsehair worms, which are visible to the unaided eye, and the Kinorhyncha, Priapulida, and Loricifera, which are all microscopic.
	www.newworldencyclopedia.org /entry/Animal (2927 words)

	Girdle Wearers: Loricifera - Bucket-tailed Loriciferan (rugiloricus Cauliculus): Species Account
		Girdle Wearers: Loricifera - Bucket-tailed Loriciferan (rugiloricus Cauliculus): Species Account
		Other Free Encyclopedias :: Animal Life Resource :: Jellyfishes, Sponges, and Other Simple Animals :: Girdle Wearers: Loricifera - Physical Characteristics, Behavior And Reproduction, Bucket-tailed Loriciferan (rugiloricus Cauliculus): Species Account - GEOGRAPHIC RANGE, HABITAT, DIET, GIRDLE WEARERS AND PEOPLE, CONSERVATION STATUS
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	animals.jrank.org /pages/1588/Girdle-Wearers-Loricifera-BUCKET-TAILED-LORICIFERAN-Rugiloricus-cauliculus-SPECIES-ACCOUNT.html (294 words)

	BIO3324 Invertebrate Zoology: Lectures (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Kinorhynch body is divided into two main parts, a head and a
		In the transition from priapulids to kinorhynch we've seen the body wall change from muscular, the articulating plates.
		In the Loricifera the body wall is completely fused into the
	salinella.bio.uottawa.ca /BIO3334/lectures/default.php?3334_lct16_NemaOthr.php??E?Md2ChapterMcp1 (1025 words)

	Pharyngula
		Here’s a couple of strange and obscure groups of invertebrates that most people haven’t heard of: the Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, and Loricifera, some small marine worms that have no medical significance, aren’t used as research models, tend to live in odd and inaccessible places, and each phylum has no more than a few hundred species.
		They are obscure enough and so little studied that their classification is even in flux—the Loricifera were only recognized as a discrete phylum in 1983, and there is talk of reorganizing all four (including the Nematomorpha) into a single phylum.
		You’ll also see the groups referred to by different names; the Cycloneuralia, the Introverta, the Scalidophora.
	pharyngula.org /index/weblog/print/293 (856 words)

	Cryptomundo.com » Karl’s Kritter: Pliciloricus shukeri
		These definitions, however, do not seem particularly applicable to Karl Shuker’s microscopic namesake, _Pliciloricus shukeri_, or any of its relatives in the phylum Loricifera.
		In this respect, the Loricifera are QUITE unlike Bigfoot, “Nessie,” or Mokele-Mbembe!
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	www.cryptomundo.com /cryptozoo-news/karl-species (511 words)

	McGraw-Hill's AccessScience
		Sections: General characteristics; Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, and Loricifera; Arthropoda, Onychophora, and Tardigrada; Nematoda; Evolution: diversity; Evolution: genomics
		A major division within the animal kingdom containing the majority of animal species and comprising the phyla Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, and Loricifera (no common names), Arthropoda (insects, crustaceans, spiders, etc.), Onychophora (velvet worms), Tardigrada (water bears), and Nematoda (roundworms).
		These forms include animals with disparate morphologies, but their close relationship is suggested by molecular DNA sequence comparisons—especially of both large and small subunit RNA molecules—and is consistent with myosin heavy-chain sequence comparisons and with a variety of uniquely shared genomic and morphological features.
	www.accesscience.com /content.aspx?id=802650 (233 words)

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