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Myzostomata
Myzostomata My`zo*stom"a*ta, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. my`zein to suck + sto`ma, -atos, mouth.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of curious parasitic worms found on crinoids. The body is short and disklike, with four pairs of suckers and five pairs of hook-bearing parapodia on the under side.

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- genus: Myzostoma abundans Graff, 1883 Myzostoma adhaerens Remscheid, 1918 Myzostoma ag****izii Graff, 1883 Myzostoma alatum Graff, 1884 Myzostoma ambiguum...
- Myzostoma divisor is a species of parasitic marine polychaete in the order Myzostomida. M. divisor is a free-living, ectocommensal parasite of various...
- Myzostoma josefinae is a species of parasitic marine polychaete in the order Myzostomida. M. josefinae is an ectocommensal parasite of the zenometrid...
- Myzostoma fuscomaculatum, the crinoid worm, is a species of marine worm in the family Myzostomatidae. Crinoid worms are tiny worms with stubby legs which...
- end of the ****. Some species, such as Myzostoma cirriferum, move about on the host; others, such as Myzostoma glabrum, remain stationary with the pharynx...
- swim using their arms. Commensal organisms such as the myzostomid worm Myzostoma fuscomaculatum and the crinoid shrimp Hippolyte catagrapha are found on...
- themselves Close-up on the pinnules of a Tropiometra carinata (with parasites Myzostoma fuscomaculatum) Crinoids are p****ive suspension feeders, filtering plankton...
- studied the **** life of Myzostoma, a subject he further studied at the Institut Zoologique at Liege, Belgium. His monograph on Myzostoma was published in 1897...
- Jagersten, 1940 Hypomyzostoma Perrier, 1897 Mesomyzostoma Remscheid, 1918 Myzostoma Leuckart, 1836 Notopharyngoides "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species...
- in southern Vietnam. Two species are known from the Mekong River: P. myzostoma and P. gracilicaudata. Four species are known from the (upper Mekong River)...