单词 | peltogaster |
释义 | peltogastern. Zoology. A rhizocephalan cirripede of the genus Peltogaster, parasitic on hermit crabs; (in form Peltogaster) the genus itself. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Entomostraca > order Cirripedia > suborder Rhizocephala > genus Peltogaster peltogaster1871 1871 Amer. Naturalist 5 421 Some of the Crustacea are asymmetrically developed, and they give as examples, the entire body of Bopyrus and Peltogaster, low parasitic forms, and the claws of many Decapods, such as the lobster and many species of shrimps. 1876 P. J. Van Beneden Animal Parasites & Messmates ii. 38 The result of a retrogressive development like that of the peltogasters, which..lose all the attributes of their class. 1957 New Biol. 24 73 Peltogaster, parasitic on hermit crabs, has blood that is red with haemoglobin. 1987 Jrnl. Crustacean Biol. 7 493 The so-called cuticular shield..arises by a succession of molts in species of Peltogaster and related genera. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1871 |
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