Scaberiloricus samba, Sørensen & Herranz & Garraffoni & Kristensen, 2023

Sørensen, Martin V., Herranz, Maria, Garraffoni, Ricardo C. Neves André R. S. & Kristensen, Reinhardt M., 2023, A new Loriciferan, Scaberiloricus samba gen. et sp. nov., links the Higgins larva and the aberrant Shira larva, Organisms Diversity & Evolution (New York, N. Y.) 23 (4), pp. 787-809 : 790

Scaberiloricus samba sp. nov. diagnosis

Higgins larva of Scaberiloricus gen. nov. with introvert equipped with eight rows of scalids: Row 1: eight clavoscalids, composed of long proximal unit, lobed median unit, and curved end-piece. Row 2: sixteen dimorphic scalids, alternating between eight very short spinous ones, and eight longer flattened scalids with distal hooks. Rows 3 to 5: eight, seven, and eight scalids in each row, respectively, composed of triangular bases, flattened median units, and distal hooks. Row 6: seven scalids composed of a plate-like unit extending into a shaft, holding a distal, acicular tip (= pen nib scalids). Row 7: eight bifurcated scalids. Row 8: fifteen dimorphic scalids alternating between seven trifurcated scalids and eight kite-shaped scalids. Anterolateral and anteroventral setae unbranched and flexible, without differentiated bases. Posterodorsal setae unbranched and flexible, attached to large, triangular bases in dorsocaudal part of lorica. Posterolateral setae unbranched and rigid, and with small bulbous bases. Toes slender, and with tapered distal 1/3.