单词 | phyllirhoe |
释义 | Phyllirhoen. Zoology. A genus of nudibranchiate gastropod molluscs (properly called Phylliroe) having a thin translucent body with no foot, cerata, or ctenidia, living in the open sea and respiring by means of the exchange of gases across the whole body surface; (also phyllirhoe) a mollusc of this genus.Although the spelling Phyllirhoe is common, only the original spelling Phylliroe is taxonomically correct. ΚΠ 1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 321/2 Order V... Heteropoda... Genera:—Carinaria. Pterotrachea. Phylliröe. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 322/1 The second class..originally consisted of the families Hylææ, Limacinæ, the Clios, the Pneumoderms, and the Phyllirhoes. 1853 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 143 48 From this highly developed condition of the foot, to..its total absence in Phyllirrhoë, we have every gradation. 1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 339 These gills are atrophied in many Opisthobranchiata, when the whole of the integument takes on the respiratory function (Phyllirhoe). 1958 J. E. Morton Molluscs ii. 40 Phyllirhoe and Cephalopyge..are permanently planktonic, swimming with graceful undulations (the name Phyllirhoe means ‘flowing leaf’) and their bodies are studded with tiny light organs. 1979 Q. Rev. Biol. 54 439/1 The strange symbiotic relationship between the nudibranch Phyllirhoë and a small hydromedusan, Mnestra. DerivativesΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Phyllirhoid, a. & n. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1839 |
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