Definition of lobopod in English:
lobopod
noun ˈləʊbə(ʊ)pɒdˈlōbəˌpäd
Zoology 1The lobopodium of an onychophoran.
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- For example, they have between 14-43 pairs of ‘legs’ known as lobopods, much like the false legs of a caterpillar.
- For an initial evaluation of the genetic diversity of this species, DNA samples from the lobopods of four individuals, collected at random, were analyzed using RAPD.
- 1.1 An onychophoran.
as modifier a lobopod animal
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- Cambropodus gracilis is tentatively included between lobopods and higher Uniramia.
- By the same reasoning, putative lobopods in the Sirius Passet biota and putative deuterostomes in the Chengiang biota are better interpreted as arthropods.
- There were several different lineages of lobopods and proto-arthropods, including large carnivorous swimming forms like Anomalocaris and Kerygmachela, as well as smaller crawling types.
- Onychophora, also known as velvet worms or lobopods, are considered segmented and close relatives of the Arthropoda.
- The living lobopods include the land-dwelling Peripatus, which has legs and a number of characteristics reminiscent of arthropods.