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- noun zoology Any of several
marine animals of the phylumLoricifera
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Examples
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I can't imagine that a loriciferan would offer a ver filling meal.
So many phyla so little time to eat them all AYDIN 2008
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Instead, images of loriciferan tissue reveal what look like hydrogenosomes, organelles that power some anaerobic single-celled creatures.
U.S. News 2010
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Instead, images of loriciferan tissue reveal what look like hydrogenosomes, organelles that power some anaerobic single-celled creatures.
U.S. News 2010
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Three species of loriciferan, a creature that sounds and looks like something out of a Dr. Seuss book, appear to go their whole lives without oxygen, researchers report online April 6 in
U.S. News 2010
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Three species of loriciferan, a creature that sounds and looks like something out of a Dr. Seuss book, appear to go their whole lives without oxygen, researchers report online April 6 in
U.S. News 2010
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Soon after their first discovery in 1983 in shallow coastal waters, another loriciferan species was found at 8,260 meters (over 5 miles) depth.
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Inventing the Light Fantastic: Ideas behind laser born long before device itself Some species of the animal loriciferan (one shown) may live entirely without oxygen.
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In the basin where the loriciferan live, the water is even saltier than normal seawater - which means it settles onto the ocean floor.
Latest Science News Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, Articles and Book Reviews Science News 2010
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