Fafnirloricus is a monospecific genus, containing the species Fafnirloricus polymetallicus. It lives in sediment, as the rest of its phylum Loricifera does.
Taxonomy In 2020, this species of Loricifera was found in the Clarion–Clipperton zone. It was found in sediment on manganese nodules 5223 meters deep.
Traits An adult male of this species has a ringed cheek tube and brachiated (branched) clavoscalids (club-shaped scalids).
Some unique characteristics of this species that differentiate it include: sawlike mouth parts a strange formation of scalids a lorica (abdomen) with 20 plates and 14 frontal spikes it is found very deep in the ocean
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