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Definition of Pycnogonida

Pycnogonida
Pycnogonida Pyc`no*gon"i*da, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? thick crowded + ? knee.] (Zo["o]l.) A class of marine arthropods in which the body is small and thin, and the eight legs usually very long; -- called also Pantopoda. Note: The abdomen is rudimentary, and the triangular mouth is at the end of a tubular proboscis. Many of them live at great depths in the sea, and the largest of them measure two feet across the extended legs.

Meaning of Pycnogonida from wikipedia

- arthropods of the order Pantopoda (lit. ‘all feet’), belonging to the class Pycnogonida, hence they are also called pycnogonids (/pɪkˈnɒɡənədz/; named after...
- Kylinxia † Megacheira † (possibly paraphyletic) Chelicerata Habeliida † Pycnogonida Megacheira? † Dibasterium † Offacolidae † Prosomapoda "Synziphosurina"...
- Colossendeidae is a family of sea spiders (class Pycnogonida). This family includes more than 100 species distributed among six genera. These sea spiders...
- relationships between most chelicerate sub-groups, the inclusion of the Pycnogonida in this taxon has been questioned, and the exact position of scorpions...
- Helena (2017-04-24). "First record of Pentapycnon geayi Bouvier, 1911 (Pycnogonida: Pycnogonidae) in the state of Ceará, northeastern Brazil". Check List...
- (eds.). "Colossendeis proboscidea (Sabine, 1824)". Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 March 2024. Palomares...
- The largest animal currently alive is the blue whale. The maximum recorded weight was 190 tonnes (209 US tons) for a specimen measuring 27.6 metres (91 ft)...
- if this type represents a clade or evolutionary grade of stem-group Pycnogonida. The name Pentapantopus derives from the word "penta" meaning "5” in...
- Orsten fossils. Cambropycnogon derives from its ****umed position within Pycnogonida, as well as the fact that it dates from the Cambrian. Its specific name...
- Phylum Arthropoda class Pycnogonida (?) Clade Arachnomorpha class †Trilobita Order †Aglaspida Order †Strabopida class Pycnogonida (?) Order †Cheloniellida...