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Sipunculida
The Sipuncula or Sipunculida (common names sipunculid worms or peanut worms) is a class containing about 162 species of unsegmented marine annelid worms. The name ''Sipuncula'' is from the genus name ''Sipunculus'', and comes from the Latin ''siphunculus'' meaning a "small tube". Sipuncula was once considered a phylum, but was demoted to a class of Annelida, based on recent molecular work. Sipunculans vary in size but most species are under in length. The body is divided into an unsegmented, bulbous trunk and a narrower, anterior section, called the "introvert", which can be retracted into the trunk. The mouth is at the tip of the introvert and is surrounded in most groups by a ring of short tentacles. With no hard parts, the body is flexible and mobile. Although found in a range of habitats throughout the world's oceans, the majority of species live in shallow water habitats, burrowing under the surface of sandy and muddy substrates. Others live under stones, in rock crevic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sipunculidae
Sipunculidae is a family of peanut worms. Species ''Phascolopsis'' * ''Phascolopsis gouldii'' (De Pourtalés, 1851) ''Siphonomecus'' * ''Siphonomecus multicinctus'' Fisher 1947 ''Siphonosoma'' * ''Siphonosoma arcassonense'' (Cuenot, 1902) * ''Siphonosoma australe'' (Keferstein, 1865) * ''Siphonosoma boholense'' (Selenka, de Man & Bülow, 1883) * ''Siphonosoma cumanense'' (Keferstein, 1867) * ''Siphonosoma dayi'' Stephen 1942 * ''Siphonosoma funafuti'' (Shipley, 1898) * ''Siphonosoma ingens'' (Fisher, 1952) * ''Siphonosoma mourense'' Satô, 1930 * ''Siphonosoma rotumanum'' (Shipley, 1898) * ''Siphonosoma vastum'' (Selenka & Bülow, 1883) ''Sipunculus'' * ''Sipunculus indicus'' Peters, 1850 * ''Sipunculus lomonossovi'' Murina 1968 * ''Sipunculus longipapillosus'' Murina 1968 * ''Sipunculus marcusi'' Ditadi 1976 * ''Sipunculus mundanus'' Selenka and Bulow, 1883 * ''Sipunculus norvegicus'' Danielssen, 1869 * ''Sipunculus nudus'' Linnaeus, 1766 * ''Sipunculus phalloides'' (Pallas, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sipunculidea
Golfingiida, also known as the Golfingiiformes, is an order of peanut worms.Gibbs, P.E. (1977): ''British sipunculans''. Academic Press. London. 35p. Ditadi, A.S.F. & Migotto, A.E. (1982): ''O Filo Sipuncula''. Concelho Nacional de Desemvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico CNPq Brasilia. 43p.Cutler, Edward B. (1994): ''The Sipuncula: their systematic, biology and evolution''. Cornell University Press. 406p The tentacles form a circle around the mouth, while those of the sister taxon, Phascolosomatidea, are only found above the mouth. Most species burrow in the substrate but some live in the empty shells of gastropods. It is an order of the class Sipuncula (previously considered a phylum), and contains the following families: * Golfingiidae * Phascolionidae *Sipunculidae Rafinesque, 1814 * Themistidae ''Themiste'' is a genus of peanut worms. It is the only genus in the family Themistidae. Members of this family are filter feeders, and have their feeding tentacles arranged i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golfingiida
Golfingiida, also known as the Golfingiiformes, is an order of peanut worms.Gibbs, P.E. (1977): ''British sipunculans''. Academic Press. London. 35p. Ditadi, A.S.F. & Migotto, A.E. (1982): ''O Filo Sipuncula''. Concelho Nacional de Desemvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico CNPq Brasilia. 43p.Cutler, Edward B. (1994): ''The Sipuncula: their systematic, biology and evolution''. Cornell University Press. 406p The tentacles form a circle around the mouth, while those of the sister taxon, Phascolosomatidea, are only found above the mouth. Most species burrow in the substrate but some live in the empty shells of gastropods. It is an order of the class Sipuncula (previously considered a phylum), and contains the following families: * Golfingiidae * Phascolionidae *Sipunculidae Rafinesque, 1814 * Themistidae ''Themiste'' is a genus of peanut worms. It is the only genus in the family Themistidae. Members of this family are filter feeders, and have their feeding tentacles arranged i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sipunculus
''Sipunculus'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Sipunculidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: *'' Sipunculus angasoides'' *'' Sipunculus clavatus'' *'' Sipunculus corallicolus'' *'' Sipunculus echinorhynchus'' *'' Sipunculus gulfus'' *''Sipunculus indicus'' *''Sipunculus lomonossovi'' *''Sipunculus longipapillosus'' *''Sipunculus macrorhynchus'' *''Sipunculus marcusi'' *''Sipunculus microrhynchus'' *''Sipunculus mundanus'' *''Sipunculus norvegicus'' *''Sipunculus nudus'' *''Sipunculus phalloides'' *''Sipunculus polymyotus'' *''Sipunculus robustus'' *''Sipunculus rubens'' *''Sipunculus rufofimbriatus'' *''Sipunculus saccatus'' *''Sipunculus thailandicus'' *''Sipunculus zenkevitchi ''Sipunculus'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Sipunculidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: *'' Sipunculus angasoides'' *'' Sipunculus clavatus'' *'' Sipunculus corallicolus'' *'' Sipunculus echinorhynchus'' ...' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annelid
The annelids (Annelida , from Latin ', "little ring"), also known as the segmented worms, are a large phylum, with over 22,000 extant species including ragworms, earthworms, and leeches. The species exist in and have adapted to various ecologies – some in marine environments as distinct as tidal zones and hydrothermal vents, others in fresh water, and yet others in moist terrestrial environments. The Annelids are bilaterally symmetrical, triploblastic, coelomate, invertebrate organisms. They also have parapodia for locomotion. Most textbooks still use the traditional division into polychaetes (almost all marine), oligochaetes (which include earthworms) and leech-like species. Cladistic research since 1997 has radically changed this scheme, viewing leeches as a sub-group of oligochaetes and oligochaetes as a sub-group of polychaetes. In addition, the Pogonophora, Echiura and Sipuncula, previously regarded as separate phyla, are now regarded as sub-groups of polycha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annelid
The annelids (Annelida , from Latin ', "little ring"), also known as the segmented worms, are a large phylum, with over 22,000 extant species including ragworms, earthworms, and leeches. The species exist in and have adapted to various ecologies – some in marine environments as distinct as tidal zones and hydrothermal vents, others in fresh water, and yet others in moist terrestrial environments. The Annelids are bilaterally symmetrical, triploblastic, coelomate, invertebrate organisms. They also have parapodia for locomotion. Most textbooks still use the traditional division into polychaetes (almost all marine), oligochaetes (which include earthworms) and leech-like species. Cladistic research since 1997 has radically changed this scheme, viewing leeches as a sub-group of oligochaetes and oligochaetes as a sub-group of polychaetes. In addition, the Pogonophora, Echiura and Sipuncula, previously regarded as separate phyla, are now regarded as sub-groups of polycha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mollusca
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is estimated between 60,000 and 100,000 additional species. The proportion of undescribed species is very high. Many taxa remain poorly studied. Molluscs are the largest marine phylum, comprising about 23% of all the named marine organisms. Numerous molluscs also live in freshwater and terrestrial habitats. They are highly diverse, not just in size and anatomical structure, but also in behaviour and habitat. The phylum is typically divided into 7 or 8 taxonomic classes, of which two are entirely extinct. Cephalopod molluscs, such as squid, cuttlefish, and octopuses, are among the most neurologically advanced of all invertebrates—and either the giant squid or the colossal squid is the largest known invertebrate species. The gastropod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bristle
A bristle is a stiff hair or feather (natural or artificial), either on an animal, such as a pig, a plant, or on a tool such as a brush or broom. Synthetic types Synthetic materials such as nylon are also used to make bristles in items such as brooms and sweepers. Bristles are often used to make brushes for cleaning purposes, as they are strongly abrasive; common examples include the toothbrush and toilet brush. The bristle brush and the scrub brush are common household cleaning tools, often used to remove dirt or grease from pots and pans. Bristles are also used on brushes other than for cleaning, notably paintbrushes. Bristles are distinguished as ''flagged'' (split, bushy ends) or ''unflagged;'' these are also known as ''flocked'' or ''unflocked'' bristles. In cleaning applications, flagged bristles are suited for dry cleaning (due to picking up dust better than unflagged), and unflagged suited for wet cleaning (due to flagged ends becoming dirty and matted when wet). In painti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morphogenesis
Morphogenesis (from the Greek ''morphê'' shape and ''genesis'' creation, literally "the generation of form") is the biological process that causes a cell, tissue or organism to develop its shape. It is one of three fundamental aspects of developmental biology along with the control of tissue growth and patterning of cellular differentiation. The process controls the organized spatial distribution of cells during the embryonic development of an organism. Morphogenesis can take place also in a mature organism, such as in the normal maintenance of tissue by stem cells or in regeneration of tissues after damage. Cancer is an example of highly abnormal and pathological tissue morphogenesis. Morphogenesis also describes the development of unicellular life forms that do not have an embryonic stage in their life cycle. Morphogenesis is essential for the evolution of new forms. Morphogenesis is a mechanical process involving forces that generate mechanical stress, strain, and moveme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larva
A larva (; plural larvae ) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle. The larva's appearance is generally very different from the adult form (''e.g.'' caterpillars and butterflies) including different unique structures and organs that do not occur in the adult form. Their diet may also be considerably different. Larvae are frequently adapted to different environments than adults. For example, some larvae such as tadpoles live almost exclusively in aquatic environments, but can live outside water as adult frogs. By living in a distinct environment, larvae may be given shelter from predators and reduce competition for resources with the adult population. Animals in the larval stage will consume food to fuel their transition into the adult form. In some organisms like polychaetes and barnacles, adults are immobil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lophotrochozoa
Lophotrochozoa (, "crest/wheel animals") is a clade of protostome animals within the Spiralia. The taxon was established as a monophyletic group based on molecular evidence. The clade includes animals like annelids, molluscs, bryozoans, brachiopods, and platyhelminthes. Groups Lophotrochozoa was defined in 1995 as the "last common ancestor of the three traditional lophophorate taxa (brachiopods, bryozoans, and phoronid worms), the mollusks and the annelids, and all of the descendants of that common ancestor". It is a cladistic definition (a node-based name), so the affiliation to Lophotrochozoa of spiralian groups not mentioned directly in the definition depends on the topology of the spiralian tree of life, and in some phylogenetic hypotheses, Lophotrochozoa may even be synonymous to Spiralia. Nemertea and Orthonectida (if not directly considered as part of Annelida) are probably lophotrochozoan phyla; Dicyemida, Gastrotricha, and Platyhelminthes may be lophotrochozoans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phylogenetics
In biology, phylogenetics (; from Greek language, Greek wikt:φυλή, φυλή/wikt:φῦλον, φῦλον [] "tribe, clan, race", and wikt:γενετικός, γενετικός [] "origin, source, birth") is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups of organisms. These relationships are determined by Computational phylogenetics, phylogenetic inference methods that focus on observed heritable traits, such as DNA sequences, Protein, protein Amino acid, amino acid sequences, or Morphology (biology), morphology. The result of such an analysis is a phylogenetic tree—a diagram containing a hypothesis of relationships that reflects the evolutionary history of a group of organisms. The tips of a phylogenetic tree can be living taxa or fossils, and represent the "end" or the present time in an evolutionary lineage. A phylogenetic diagram can be rooted or unrooted. A rooted tree diagram indicates the hypothetical common ancestor of the tree. An un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
