myzostomen.
/ˈmʌɪzə(ʊ)stəʊm/, U.S. /ˈmaɪzoʊˌstoʊm/ Zoology.
= myzostomid n.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Annelida > [noun] > member of class Myzostomida
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1876 P. J. Van Beneden Animal Parasites & Messmates 42 One of the most curious of these worms is the Myzostoma... These myzostomes resemble trematode worms.
1922 Science 7 Apr. 377 A detailed account of the myzostomes, almost exclusively parasitic on the crinoids, is given, together with a complete list of all the known species.
1989 Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 102 803/1 Until now, only three species of myzostomes have been reported from Antarctic waters.
1994 E. E. Ruppert & R. D. Barnes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 6) xi. 527/2 The myzostomes..are a strange group of commensal and parasitic polychaetes.
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