Definition of Cyclostomi. Meaning of Cyclostomi. Synonyms of Cyclostomi

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Definition of Cyclostomi

Cyclostomi
Cyclostomi Cy*clos"to*mi (s?-kl?s"t?-m?), n. pl. [NL. See Cyclostomata.] (Zo["o]l.) A glass of fishes having a suckerlike mouth, without jaws, as the lamprey; the Marsipobranchii.

Meaning of Cyclostomi from wikipedia

- Cyclostomi, often referred to as Cyclostomata /sɪkloʊˈstɒmətə/, is a group of vertebrates that comprises the living jawless fishes: the lampreys and hagfishes...
- related to each other than to jawed vertebrates, thus forming the clade Cyclostomi. The oldest-known stem group hagfish are known from the Late Carboniferous...
- more closely related to each other than to jawed fish, forming the clade Cyclostomi. The oldest fossil agnathans appeared in the Cambrian. Living jawless...
- smelling, which can also be referred to as nostrils (with the exception of Cyclostomi, which have just one nostril). In humans, the nasal cycle is the normal...
- jawless fish, than they are to jawed vertebrates, forming the superclass Cyclostomi. The oldest fossils of stem-group lampreys are from the latest Devonian...
- Conodonta † Cyclostomi...
- into two main directions: jawless fishes like conodonts leading to the Cyclostomi, and jawless fishes like the Cephalaspidomorph who developed armors and...
- Gr**** for "round mouth") used in a few different senses: for the taxon Cyclostomi, which comprises the extant jawless fishes: the hagfish (Myxini) and the...
- Clade Order Family Diadromous Anadromous Catadromous Amphidromous Cyclostomi Lampreys Geotriidae 1 1 Mordaciidae 2 2 Petromyzontidae 8 8 Chondrostei Acipenseriformes...
- nomenclature). Dumeril (1806) grouped hagfishes and lampreys in the taxon Cyclostomi, characterized by horny teeth borne on a tongue-like apparatus, a large...