Species

Loriciferan

Other Invertebrates

Citation Formats

General Reference

Nature Atlas. "Loriciferan." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/loriciferan.

APA Style

Nature Atlas. (n.d.). Loriciferan. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/loriciferan

BibTeX

@misc{natureatlas-loriciferan,
  author = {Nature Atlas},
  title = {Loriciferan},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/loriciferan},
  note = {Accessed September 8, 2026}
}

Loricifera, also known as corset animals, is a phylum of very small to microscopic marine sediment-dwelling animals, with 44 described species and roughly 100 more collected but not yet formally described. Their body sizes range from 100 micrometers to about 1 millimeter.

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