Definition of Archiannelida

1. Noun. A class of Annelida.

Exact synonyms: Class Archiannelida
Group relationships: Annelida, Phylum Annelida
Member holonyms: Archiannelid
Generic synonyms: Class

Definition of Archiannelida

1. n. pl. A group of Annelida remarkable for having no external segments or distinct ventral nerve ganglions.

Medical Definition of Archiannelida

1. A group of Annelida remarkable for having no external segments or distinct ventral nerve ganglions. Origin: NL.; pref. Archi- + annelida. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Archiannelida

archetypally
archetype
archetyped
archetypes
archetypical
archetypically
archetyping
archeus
archfiend
archfiends
archfoe
archfoes
archform
archi-
archiannelid
archiannelida (current term)
archiannelids
archiater
archiblastula
archical
archicarp
archicarps
archicembalo
archicerebellum
archicortex
archidiaconal
archidiaconate
archiepiscopacies
archiepiscopacy
archiepiscopal

Literary usage of Archiannelida

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1896)
"The archiannelida, although without the characteristic chaetae, are yet anatomically so ... The archiannelida are very simple worms, but simplicity may be, ..."

2. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"The classes of annelids are as follows: — (1) Class archiannelida. — Marine worms without setae 01 parapodia. There is only one family, including two genera ..."

3. A Manual of the Common Invertebrate Animals: Exclusive of Insects by Henry Sherring Pratt (1916)
"archiannelida. Primitive, marine worms of small size, which are probably near the ... Key to the families of archiannelida: o, Body with 5 or 6 segments, ..."

4. Text-book of the Embryology of Invertebrates by Eugen Korschelt, Karl Heider, Edward Laurens Mark, William McMichael Woodworth, Matilda Bernard, Martin Fountain Woodward (1895)
"... and archiannelida). In general the Polychaeta develop from free-swimming larvae which are provided with ciliated bands. Only a few forms bring forth ..."

5. A Student's Text-book of Zoology by Adam Sedgwick, Joseph Jackson Lister, Arthur Everett Shipley (1898)
"The Annelida are classified as follows:— CLASS 1. archiannelida. „ 2. ... Class I. archiannelida. ..."

6. The Standard Natural History by John Sterling Kingsley, Elliott Coues (1884)
"SUB-CLASS I. — archiannelida. This sub-class includes a small number of worms, whose affinities and importance as the nearest living representatives of the ..."

7. An Introduction to the Study of the Comparative Anatomy of Animals by Gilbert Charles Bourne (1902)
"The phylum comprises four classes, the archiannelida, ... As an example of the archiannelida we may take a small marine worm called ..."

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