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Record 1 2004-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

... class [of Crustaceans] with a shelly covering of many plates around them, [growing] attached to rocks, shells of other invertebrates, or other foothold on the shallow sea bottom ...

OBS

The names ciri, curl; ped, foot refer to the many curved delicate appendages which are borne by the body segments, used to convey food to the mouth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
DEF

[...] Crustacé aberrant [...] chez lequel le stade larvaire à carapace bivalve [...] se fixe par la tête au moyen d'un pédoncule musculeux, et se protège en sécrétant une coquille calcaire épaisse [...], presque tous [sont] hermaphrodites [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Paleontología
DEF

Componente de la subclase Cirropoda de crustáceos aberrantes, provistos de un caparazón formado por varias piezas y un pedúnculo que queda reducido a una base de fijación.

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