Morlockia
Morlockia is a genus of eyeless crustaceans in the family Morlockiidae. The genus contains 4 described species.[1]
| Morlockia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Remipedia |
| Order: | Nectiopoda |
| Family: | Morlockiidae |
| Genus: | Morlockia García-Valdecasas, 1985 |
Etymology
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
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
- "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Morlockia García-Valdecasas, 1985". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
- Valdecasas, Antonio G. (25 January 1985). "Morlockiidae new family of Remipedia (Crustacea) from Lanzarote (Canary Islands)" (PDF). Spanish National Research Council. p. 4. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
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