echinoderid

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noun

Any kinorhynch of the family Echinoderidae

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounechinoderid (plural echinoderids)

plural echinoderids

  1. Any kinorhynch of the family Echinoderidae

    Echinorhagata is likewise supported by typical echinoderid autapomorphies, inclusive the number of trichoscalids that is reduced from 14 to 6; restriction of lateral accessory spines to females only; and an apparent restriction of the middorsal spines to appear only on segments 4 to 8.

    2015 July 23, “Phylogeny of Kinorhyncha Based on Morphology and Two Molecular Loci”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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