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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

- Sea spiders are marine arthropods of the class Pycnogonida, hence they are also called pycnogonids (/pɪkˈnɒɡənədz/; named after Pycnogonum, the type genus;...
- alternatively placed as stem-chelicerates) Chelicerata Habeliida † Pycnogonida Prosomapoda "Synziphosurina" (paraphyletic) Xiphosura Dekatriata Chasmataspidida...
- relationships between most chelicerate sub-groups, the inclusion of the Pycnogonida in this taxon has been questioned, and the exact position of scorpions...
- Colossendeidae is a family of sea spiders (class Pycnogonida). This family includes more than 100 species distributed among six genera. These sea spiders...
- Africa is a list of species that form a part of the pycnogonid (class Pycnogonida) fauna of South Africa. The list follows the SANBI listing on iNaturalist...
- 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)...
- Kaub Formation in Germany. F. blocki differs from other members of the Pycnogonida by possessing an extremely elongated telson, which was flagelliform in...
- (December 2004). "Courtship and mating behavior in the Pycnogonida (Chelicerata: class Pycnogonida): a summary". Invertebrate Reproduction & Development...
- Phylum Arthropoda class Pycnogonida (?) Clade Arachnomorpha class †Trilobita Order †Aglaspida Order †Strabopida class Pycnogonida (?) Order †Cheloniellida...
- Pycnogonida (sea spiders) Euchelicerata Xiphosura (horseshoe crabs) Arachnida (spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites)...