Stiff cuticles are simple to recognize, and loricate genera can often be recognized based upon lorica shape alone. |
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Similarities also exist with certain aschelminths, in particular the loricate priapulid larvae. |
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Brachionus is a common loricate rotifer in fresh water ponds and streams. |
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Loricate and scale-bearing protists from Lutzow-Holm Bay, Antarctica. |
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