Definition of Genus Peneus

1. Noun. Type genus of the family Peneidae.

Exact synonyms: Peneus
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Peneidae, Peneidae
Member holonyms: Tropical Prawn

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Peneus

genus Pecopteris
genus Pecten
genus Pediculus
genus Pedilanthus
genus Pediocactus
genus Pedioecetes
genus Pedionomus
genus Peireskia
genus Pelargonium
genus Pelecanus
genus Pellaea
genus Pellicularia
genus Peltandra
genus Peltiphyllum
genus Penelope
genus Peneus (current term)
genus Penicillium
genus Pennatula
genus Pennisetum
genus Penstemon
genus Peperomia
genus Perca
genus Percina
genus Perdix
genus Pereskia
genus Pericallis
genus Peridinium
genus Perilla
genus Periophthalmus
genus Peripatopsis

Literary usage of Genus Peneus

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

1. The Journal of Science, and Annals of Astronomy, Biology, Geology by James Samuelson, William Crookes (1865)
"... genus Peneus, which quits its egg, not under the form of a Zoea, but under that of a true Nauplius, perfectly similar to those of the Entomostraca. ..."

2. Degeneration: A Chapter in Darwinism by Edwin Ray Lankester (1880)
"Adult shrimp of the genus Peneus. and the animals to which it is allied, we are justified in concluding that the tadpole is a recapitulative phase of ..."

3. Facts and Arguments for Darwin by Fritz Müller (1869)
"But not a single characteristic of this section is retained by the brood of some Prawns belonging to the genus Peneus or in its vicinity. ..."

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