Year: 2013

. “SYNAPSIDS” “SAUROPSIDS” . (from greek ἀμνίον amnion, “membrane surrounding the fetus”) (earlier “bowl in which the blood of sacrificed animals was caught”) from ἀμνός amnos, “lamb”) […]

. -as of [13 MARCH 2025]– . -in ‘medicine’, a pulse represents the tactile ‘arterial palpation’ of the ‘heartbeat’ by ‘trained fingertips’- . (the ‘pulse’ may be palpated in any […]

*27 GOVERNORATES* —> *MATROUH* “ALEXANDRIA” *BEHEIRA* *KAFR EL SHEIKH* *DAKAHLIA* *DAMIETTA* *PORT SAID* *NORTH SINAI* *GHARBIA* *MONUFIA* *QALYUBIA* *SHARQIA* *ISMALIA* *GIZA* *FAIYUM* *CAIRO* *SUEZ* *SOUTH […]

*BRACHYURA* . (“pleocyemata” is a sub-order of decapod crustaceans, erected by ‘martin burkenroad’ in 1963) . Burkenroad’s classification replaced the earlier sub-orders of Natantia and Reptantia with the monophyletic groups Dendrobranchiata (prawns) and Pleocyemata. Pleocyemata […]

*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 […]