Definition of Pleurobrachiidae

1. Noun. Sea gooseberries.

Exact synonyms: Family Pleurobrachiidae
Generic synonyms: Ctenophore Family
Group relationships: Ctenophora, Phylum Ctenophora

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pleurobrachiidae

Pleiads
Pleiocene
Pleione
Pleiospilos
Pleistocene
Pleistocene epoch
Pleistophora
Pleotropic
Pleroma
Plesianthropus
Plethodon
Plethodon cinereus
Plethodon vehiculum
Plethodontidae
Pleurobrachia
Pleurobrachiidae (current term)
Pleuronectes
Pleuronectes platessa
Pleuronectidae
Pleurosorus
Pleurotus
Pleurotus ostreatus
Pleurotus phosphoreus
Pleven
Plevna
Plexiglas
Plicatoperipatus
Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis
Plimmer's bodies

Literary usage of Pleurobrachiidae

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

1. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1906)
"Pleurobrachiidae.—The body is almost spherical in form, and the eight ribs are equal in length. This family includes the genus ..."

2. A Manual of the Common Invertebrate Animals: Exclusive of Insects by Henry Sherring Pratt (1916)
"T, tentacles; C, combs; other references as In Fig. 248. FAMILY Pleurobrachiidae. Body spherical or ovoid, with the 8 ribs of equal length: 4 genera. 1. ..."

3. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1900)
"... Bourne (= Bero'e, Mertens),1 with four processes. FAMILY 2. Pleurobrachiidae. Body circular in section, Costae of equal length. ..."

4. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1906)
"Pleurobrachiidae.—The body is almost spherical in form, and the eight ribs are equal in length. This family includes the genus ..."

5. A Manual of the Common Invertebrate Animals: Exclusive of Insects by Henry Sherring Pratt (1916)
"T, tentacles; C, combs; other references as In Fig. 248. FAMILY Pleurobrachiidae. Body spherical or ovoid, with the 8 ribs of equal length: 4 genera. 1. ..."

6. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1900)
"... Bourne (= Bero'e, Mertens),1 with four processes. FAMILY 2. Pleurobrachiidae. Body circular in section, Costae of equal length. ..."

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