Morlockia
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| Morlockia | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Remipedia |
| Order: | Nectiopoda |
| Family: | Morlockiidae |
| Genus: | Morlockia García-Valdecasas, 1985 |
Morlockia is a genus of eyeless crustaceans in the family Morlockiidae. The genus contains 4 described species.[1]
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The names Morlockia and Morlockiidae come from the Morlocks, a fictional species made by H. G. Wells in his 1895 novel The Time Machine, because of the genera's adaptation to low-light conditions, like the Morlocks.[2]
Species
[edit | edit source]Morlockia contains 4 accepted species:[1]
- Morlockia atlantida (Koenemann et al., 2009)
- Morlockia emersoni (Lorentzen, Koenemann, Iliffe, 2007)
- Morlockia ondinae (García-Valdecasas, 1985)
- Morlockia williamsi (Hartke, Koenemann & Yager, 2011)
References
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