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• Arthropod — Temporal range: 540–0 Ma …   Wikipedia

• arthropod — /ahr threuh pod /, n. 1. any invertebrate of the phylum Arthropoda, having a segmented body, jointed limbs, and usually a chitinous shell that undergoes moltings, including the insects, spiders and other arachnids, crustaceans, and myriapods. adj …   Universalium

• Aquatic locomotion — Swimming is biologically propelled motion through a liquid medium. Swimming has evolved a number of times in a range of organisms ranging from arthropods to fish to molluscs. Contents 1 Evolution of swimming 2 Invertebrates 3 Swimming in fish …   Wikipedia

• crustacean — /kru stay sheuhn/, n. 1. any chiefly aquatic arthropod of the class Crustacea, typically having the body covered with a hard shell or crust, including the lobsters, shrimps, crabs, barnacles, and wood lice. adj. 2. belonging or pertaining to the… …   Universalium

• malacostracan — /mal euh kos treuh keuhn/, adj. 1. belonging or pertaining to the crustacean subclass Malacostraca, which includes the lobsters, shrimps, crabs, etc. n. 2. a malacostracan crustacean. [1825 35; < NL Malacostrac(a) order of crustacea ( < Gk, neut …   Universalium

• cercaria — The free swimming trematode larva that emerges from its host snail; it may penetrate the skin of a final host (as in Schistosoma of humans), encyst on vegetation (as in Fasciola), in or on fish (as in Clonorchis), or penetrate and encyst in… …   Medical dictionary

• Camponotus schmitzi — Taxobox name = Camponotus schmitzi image caption = regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Hymenoptera familia = Formicidae genus = Camponotus species = C. schmitzi binomial = Camponotus schmitzi binomial authority = Stärke …   Wikipedia

• eurypterid — /yoo rip teuh rid, yeuh /, n. any aquatic arthropod of the extinct order Eurypterida, from the Paleozoic Era, closely related to trilobites and scorpions. [1870 75; < NL Eurypteridae. See EURY , PTEROUS, ID2] * * * Member of an extinct order… …   Universalium

• Nepenthes — For the drug of forgetfulness mentioned in Greek mythology, see Nepenthe. Nepenthes Upper pitcher of Nepenthes edwardsiana Scient …   Wikipedia

• Green Heron — Taxobox name = Green Heron image width = 240px image caption = In February, migrant B. v. virescens and resident birds sometimes separated as B. v. maculata occur at Tarpon Springs, Florida. status = LC status system = iucn3.1 regnum = Animalia… …   Wikipedia

• William Stimpson — (February 14, 1832 ndash; May 26, 1872) was a noted American scientist. Stimpson was born in Boston, Massachusetts and studied under the great naturalist Louis Agassiz.He focused most of his studies on marine biology, particularly invertebrates.… …   Wikipedia