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Agnatha /aɡˈneɪθə /plural noun ZoologyA group of primitive jawless vertebrates which includes the lampreys, hagfishes, and many fossil fishlike forms. Compare with cyclostome.- Superclass Agnatha: the living forms are in the classes Myxini (hagfishes) and Cephalaspidomorphi (lampreys).
Here, we use the sequences of 35 nuclear protein-encoding genes to provide definitive evidence for the monophyly of the Agnatha (jawless vertebrates, a group encompassing the hagfishes and lampreys)....- The earliest fossil vertebrates belong to a group called the Agnatha or jawless vertebrates.
- In modern classification schemes, living vertebrates consist of two main groups, the jawless Agnatha (represented by hagfishes and lampreys) and the jawed Gnathostomata.
Derivativesagnathan noun & adjective ...- Modern vertebrates are classified into two major groups, the gnathostomes (jawed vertebrates) and the agnathans (jawless vertebrates).
- Above all, the appearance of diverse chordates and agnathans greatly expands our knowledge of the Cambrian explosion.
- Sufficient articulated material exists to show that these animals were agnathans (jawless vertebrates), with a bony exoskeleton, and they appear to have inhabited shallow-marine environments.
OriginFrom modern Latin Agnatha, from a-1 'without' + Greek gnathos 'jaw'. |