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Definition of Pycnogonida
1. Noun. Sea spiders.
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
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. ..."