Morlockia is a genus of eyeless crustaceans in the family Morlockiidae. The genus contains 4 described species.
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.
Species Morlockia contains 4 accepted species: Morlockia atlantida (Koenemann et al., 2009) Morlockia emersoni (Lorentzen, Koenemann, Iliffe, 2007) Morlockia ondinae (García-Valdecasas, 1985) Morlockia williamsi (Hartke, Koenemann & Yager, 2011)
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