Month: January 2013

*PLEOCYEMATA* . (literally “10-footed”) . *the decapoda / decapods  are an order of crustaceans within the class ‘malacostraca’, including many familiar groups, such as [crayfish / crabs / lobsters / prawns […]

. “AMNIOTES” “AN-AMNIOTES” . -“reptiliomorpha” is a ‘clade’ containing the ‘amniotes’ and those ‘tetrapods’ that share a more recent common ancestor with ‘amniotes’ than with […]

. (i/ɑːrˈkiːə/ or /ɑːrˈkeɪə/ ar-kee-ə or ar-kay-ə) . *ARK KEEYA* . (plural – ‘archaea’) (singular – ‘archaeon’) . -the archaea constitute a ‘domain’ + ‘kingdom’ of [‘single-celled micro-organisms’]- (these microbes are ‘prokaryotes’, […]

. *TYPES* —> *DECAPODA* . (“eucarida” is a superorder of the Malacostraca, a class of the crustacean subphylum, comprising the decapods, krill and Amphionides) (they are characterized by having the carapace fused to all thoracic segments, and by […]

. “REPTILIOMORPHA” . (ancient greek τετραπόδηs tetrapodēs, “four-footed”), or the tetrapods /ˈtɛtrəpɒd/, . -the superclass Tetrapoda comprises the first 4-limbed ‘vertebrates’ and their descendants, including the living and extinct ‘amphibians’, ‘birds’, […]

. *TYPES* —> -EUCARIDA- . -“eumalacostraca” is a subclass of crustaceans, containing almost all living malacostracans, or about 40,000 described species- . (the remaining subclasses are the Phyllocarida and […]

-the “Commissioners’ Plan” of 1811 called for 12 numbered avenues running north and south roughly parallel to the shore of the “Hudson River”, each 100 feet (30 m) […]

. *”heart rate” is the speed of the ‘heartbeat’ measured by the ‘# of contractions of the heart per minute’ (‘bpm’)* . (the ‘heart rate’ can vary according […]

*EUMALACOSTRACA* . (“malacostraca” is the largest of the 6 classes of ‘crustaceans’, containing about 40,000 living species, divided among 16 orders) . (its members, the malacostracans, display a great diversity […]

. “EUTELEOSTOMI” “FISH” “TETRAPODS” . /ˌneɪθoʊstoʊˈmɑːtə/  . -“gnathostomata” are the ‘jawed vertebrates’- (the term derives from ‘Greek’: γνάθος (gnathos) “jaw” + στόμα (stoma) “mouth”) (‘Gnathostome’ diversity comprises […]