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- proper noun A taxonomic
phylum within thekingdom Animalia — many very smallmarine sediment-dwellinganimals having a protective outer case (thelorica ).
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Examples
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Even more fascinating (to me, at least) is the fact that this organism, part of a species called Loricifera, has no mitochondria.
Boing Boing Maggie Koerth-Baker 2010
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Tiny Loricifera has two legs, a hairy mouth and a springlike body.
Traveling Sharks 2008
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These fascinating animals are new members of the phylum Loricifera and possess mitochondria that in electron micrographs look very much like hydrogenosomes, the H2-producing mitochondria found among several unicellular eukaryotic lineages.
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The team of Italian and Danish researchers, Roberto Danovaro, et al., that discovered the new life forms has identified the creatures as belonging to the animal phylum Loricifera, the most recently described animal phylum.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The team of Italian and Danish researchers, Roberto Danovaro, et al., that discovered the new life forms has identified the creatures as belonging to the animal phylum Loricifera, the most recently described animal phylum.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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Spinochordodes tellinii); c Loricifera (Nanaloricus mysticus
Pharyngula 2009
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