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Definition of Aplacophora
1. Noun. An order of Amphineura.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Amphineura, Subclass Amphineura
Member holonyms: Aplacophoran, Solenogaster
Definition of Aplacophora
1. n. pl. A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines or setæ, but is without shelly plates.
Medical Definition of Aplacophora
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Aplacophora
Literary usage of Aplacophora
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1906)
"The digestive tract is straight, the aplacophora being carnivorous. ...
aplacophora with a distinct longitudinal ventral groove ; bisexual, ..."
2. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1895)
"J According to Marion, one of the principal authorities on the group, the
aplacophora are perhaps Amphineura whose development has been arrested at an early ..."
3. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"aplacophora. — These are worm-like mollusks (Fig. 179, C) without a shell, ...
The aplacophora live on coral polyps and hydroids. They are most abundant at ..."
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