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:
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Morlockia atlantida (Koenemann et al., 2009)
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Morlockia emersoni (Lorentzen, Koenemann, Iliffe, 2007)
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Morlockia ondinae (García-Valdecasas, 1985)
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Morlockia williamsi (Hartke, Koenemann & Yager, 2011)
