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Definition of Gnathostomata

Gnathostomata
Gnathostoma Gna*thos"to*ma, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? the jaw + ?, ?, the mouth.] (Zo["o]l.) A comprehensive division of vertebrates, including all that have distinct jaws, in contrast with the leptocardians and marsipobranchs (Cyclostoma), which lack them. [Written also Gnathostomata.]

Meaning of Gnathostomata from wikipedia

- Gnathostomata (/ˌnæθoʊˈstɒmətə/; from Ancient Gr****: γνάθος (gnathos) 'jaw' + στόμα (stoma) 'mouth') are the jawed vertebrates. Gnathostome diversity...
- The Gnathostomata are a superorder of sea urchins, including the familiar sand dollars. Gnathostomatans are irregular in shape, but unlike other irregular...
- (hagfishes), Hyperoartia (including lampreys), and the much more numerous Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates). Formerly distinct from vertebrates by excluding...
- fish and reptiles. The fish include the jawless Agnatha, and the jawed Gnathostomata. The jawed fish include both the cartilaginous fish and the bony fish...
- Galeaspida † (unranked) Pituriaspida † (unranked) OsteostraciInfraphylum Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) class Placodermi † (armoured fish) class Chondrichthyes...
- heart, and a lack of opercula and swim bladders. Within the infraphylum Gnathostomata, cartilaginous fishes are distinct from all other jawed vertebrates...
- class †Thelodonti class †Anaspida class †Cephalaspidomorphi Infraphylum Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) class †Placodermi (Paleozoic armoured forms; paraphyletic...
- subphylum Vertebrata. Examples of infraphyla include the Mycetozoa, the Gnathostomata and the Agnatha. Hutchinson 1973. Hutchinson, John (1973). The families...
- and a single nostril. Instead of vertically articulating jaws like Gnathostomata (vertebrates with jaws), they have a pair of horizontally moving structures...
- The following is a list of the classes in each phylum of the kingdom Animalia. There are 107 classes of animals in 33 phyla in this list. However, different...