Meanings
nounpycnophyid (plural pycnophyids)
plural pycnophyids
- Any kinorhynch of the family Pycnophyidae.
This arrangement is less conspicuous in species of Dracoderes (Fig 5C), although the short but wide placids, with cuticular foldings in between are still arranged in a pattern that is much closer to the arrangement in the pycnophyid and neocentrophyid species.
2015 July 23, “Phylogeny of Kinorhyncha Based on Morphology and Two Molecular Loci”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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