'' Pliciloricus dubius'' is a marine

Loricifera Loricifera (from Latin, '' lorica'', corselet (armour) + ''ferre'', to bear) is a phylum of very small to microscopic marine cycloneuralian sediment-dwelling animals that had been determined to be 37 described species, in 9 genera, bu ...

n species of genus ''

Pliciloricus ''Pliciloricus'' is a genus of marine organisms Pliciloricidae family, the phylum Loricifera described by Higgins & Kristensen, 1986.Higgins, Robert P.; Kristensen, Reinhardt M 1986: New Loricifera from southeastern United States coastal waters ...

'' described by Higgins & Kristensen 1986.Higgins, Robert P.; Kristensen, Reinhardt M. 1986: New Loricifera from southeastern United States coastal waters Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 438 Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington D.C.. III, 70 pp. ISSN 0081-0282

Distribution

''Pliciloricus dubius'' is a species that has been designated for the waters of the

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...

north and northwest.World Register of Marine Species (Worms): ''Pliciloricus dubius'' Higgins & Kristensen, 1986 AphiaID: 154513
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References

External links

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS): ''Pliciloricus dubius'' Higgins and Kristensen, 1986 Taxonomic Serial No.: 722189

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: ''Pliciloricus dubius''

Encyclopedia of Life (EOL): ''Pliciloricus dubius''
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2001215 Loricifera Animals described in 1986