acinus
acinus (pl. acini) The smallest unit of a multilobular gland, such as the pancreas. Each acinus in the pancreas is made up of a hollow cluster of
acinar cells, which produce the digestive enzymes secreted in pancreatic juice. Minute ducts from the pancreatic acini eventually drain into the pancreatic duct.
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New phylum found! (Loricifera)
Magazine article from: Popular Science; 2/1/1984; ; 700+ words
; ...phyla, including this new one, is needed to encompass millions of species of living animals. The new phylum has been named Loricifera by its discoverer, Dr. Reinhart Kristensen, a postdoctoral fellow of hte Smithsonian Institution who is affiliated with...
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Study data from University of Copenhagen provide new insights into biodiversity.
Newspaper article from: Ecology, Environment & Conservation; 8/18/2008; 694 words
; A new species of Loricifera, Rugiloricus bacatus sp. nov...ghost-larvae belonged to the phylum Loricifera. The ghost-larvae are either found...Biodiversity (Rugiloricus bacatus sp nov (Loricifera-Pliciloricidae) and a ghost...
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Traveling Sharks: There's more to the seashore than sand, sun and surf--there's science all around you. Here are six puzzles to ponder.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Newsweek; 7/8/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...off--if only you could see them. Many look like worms or shrimp, but most resemble nothing else on this planet. Tiny Loricifera has two legs, a hairy mouth and a springlike body. It hides in its shell until a bacterium wanders by, then pops up and...
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THE PAST 100 YEARS.(Main)
Newspaper article from: The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM); 10/6/2008; 453 words
; ...world. Discoverer of the animal Dr. Reinhardt M. Kristensen of the University of Copenhagen in Denmark named the new phylum Loricifera, which is Latin for girdle wearer, because the creature has a ring of small plates encircling its midsection. CAPTION...
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Loricifera
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
Loricifera A phylum , first described in 1983 by R. M. Kristensen, of animals only 0.25 mm long that live in marine gravel. The body...
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