kentrogonn.
/ˈkɛntrəɡɒn/ Zoology.
A larval form of parasitic barnacles of the order Rhizocephala, in which state the barnacle first attaches itself to the host.
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1909 A. Sedgwick Student's Text-bk. Zool. III. v. 430 At this stage the young Cirripede is known as the Kentrogon larva.
1909 W. T. Calman in E. R. Lankester Treat. Zool. VII. v. 134 (caption) Kentrogon-stage, after the Cypris shell has been cast off and the ‘dart’ has been formed.
1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 473/1 Kentrogon (Zool.). A stage in the life-history of certain parasitic Cirripedia (e.g. Sacculina) which succeeds the Cypris stage and precedes the entry of the parasite into the body of the host.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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