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rhizocephalan — [rī΄zōsef′ə lən] n. [ RHIZO + CEPHAL(OUS) + AN] any of an order (Rhizocephala) of cirriped crustaceans that live as internal parasites on crabs rhizocephalous adj … English World dictionary
rhizocephalan — rhi·zo·ceph·a·lan … English syllables
rhizocephalan — … Useful english dictionary
Rhizocephala — Taxobox | name = Rhizocephala image caption = The crab Liocarcinus holsatus parasitised by a rhizocephalan of the genus Sacculina showing the externa (circled) image width = 240px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Crustacea… … Wikipedia
cirripede — ▪ crustacean Introduction any of the marine crustaceans of the infraclass Cirripedia (subphylum Crustacea). The best known are the barnacles. Adult cirripedes other than barnacles are internal parasites of marine invertebrates such as crabs … Universalium
interna — Interal, ramifying nutrient absorbing part of a rhizocephalan [Brusca and Brusca, 2002]. (Subclass Cirripedia): In female rhizocephalan, root like section of body extending into host. (See also externa) [Stachowitsch, 1992] … Crustacea glossary
trichogon — Minute, sexually mature instar of a settling male rhizocephalan cyprid that settles on the overy filled externa of rhizocephalan barnacles [Brusca and Brusca, 2002] … Crustacea glossary
Charybdis (genus) — Charybdis Charybdis japonica Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
cyprid — n. [L. Cypris, Venus] (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) In some rhizocephalan barnacles, larval stage after cypris and before kentrogon … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
brood chamber — (Order Cumacea): In female, chamber formed on ventral surface of pereon by oostegites on last (third) maxillipeds and on first three pereopod pairs. (Syn. brood pouch, marsupium) [Stachowitsch, 1992]. (Order Leptostraca): In female, space between … Crustacea glossary
