Definition of Heteronereis. Meaning of Heteronereis. Synonyms of Heteronereis

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Definition of Heteronereis

Heteronereis
Heteronereis Het`e*ro*ne*re"is, n. [NL. See Hetero-, and Nereis.] (Zo["o]l.) A free-swimming, dimorphic, sexual form of certain species of Nereis. Note: In this state the head and its appendages are changed in form, the eyes become very large; more or less of the parapodia are highly modified by the development of finlike lobes, and branchial lamell[ae], and their set[ae] become longer and bladelike.

Meaning of Heteronereis from wikipedia

- Eunereis africana Treadwell, 1943 Heteronereis fucicola Örsted, 1843 Heteronereis maculata Bobretzky, 1868 Heteronereis malmgreni Claparède, 1868 Iphinereis...
- plankton-worms, collected at the above-named station, I met with a male Heteronereis, that is characterized by having in the anterior (agamous) body-region...
- Nereis pelagica Linnaeus, 1758, syn. Heteronereis arctica, Heteronereis ****imilis, Heteronereis grandifolia, Heteronereis migratoria, Nereilepas fusca, Nereis...