Definition of Pycnogonida

1. Noun. Sea spiders.

Exact synonyms: Order Pycnogonida
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Chelicerata, Superclass Chelicerata
Member holonyms: Pycnogonid, Sea Spider

Definition of Pycnogonida

1. n. pl. A class of marine arthropods in which the body is small and thin, and the eight legs usually very long; -- called also Pantopoda.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pycnogonida

Pushkin
Pushto
Pushtu
Pushtun
Puter
Putin
Putinism
Putonghua
Putrajaya
Putre
Putukwam
Puy-de-Dôme
Pway
Pycnanthemum
Pycnanthemum virginianum
Pycnogonida
Pydna
Pygmalion
Pygmy
Pygopodidae
Pygopus
Pygoscelis
Pygoscelis adeliae
Pyhrric
Pylodictus
Pylodictus olivaris
Pylos
Pynchon
Pynchonesque
Pyongyang

Literary usage of Pycnogonida

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

1. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"As the writer has devoted a separate volume (Comstock, '12) to the Arachnida, it will not be discussed farther in this place. CLASS pycnogonida The ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1908)
"... (e) the cases of fertilised enucleate eggs that produce larvae with maternal character«. 12. pycnogonida (Sea Spiders). By TV HODGSON. 13. ..."

3. Report and Transactions (1864)
"BY TV HODGSON. (Read at Cullompton, 28th July, 1910.) THE group of animals collectively known to zoologists as the pycnogonida, the Pantopoda, ..."

4. A Manual of Zoology by Richard Hertwig (1912)
"pycnogonida (Pantopoda). These marine animals have a cylindrical body, with a tubular proboscis in front and an abdominal appendage behind, and four pairs ..."

5. A Text-book of Invertebrate Morphology by James Playfair McMurrich (1896)
"... they are extruded by the female by means of the excretion of the glands occurring upon the walking-legs. Development and Affinities of the pycnogonida. ..."

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