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CYCLOSTOME [2 records]

Record 1 2004-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

... a group ... of living [Agratha] which includes the lampreys ... and the hagfishes ... The body is elongate, eel-shaped; there are no scales or denticles in the tough and slimy skin. Paired fins are absent, although median fins are developed. From six to fourteen pairs of gills are present ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[...] un groupe actuel [...] d'Agnathes [dont] on ne connaît aucun fossile [...]. Lui appartiennent actuellement [...] la «Lamproie» [et] la «Myxine» [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Paleontología
DEF

Componente de la subclase Cyclostomi que incluye agnatos vermiformes, con notocordio persistente y piel desnuda, que sólo tienen una aleta dorsal que se prolonga en la caudal.

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Record 2 1977-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Order of Bryozoa, in which the] Animal is enclosed in a calcareous tubular chamber having a lidless circular aperture ... Ordovician-Recent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Groupe de bryozoaires, dont] les loges sont tubulaires, calcaires et finement poreuses; elles se soudent sur une bonne partie de leur trajet; leur extrémité est libre et montre une grande ouverture non munie d'opercule.

Spanish

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