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Definition of Gephyrea

Gephyrea
Gephyrea Ge*phyr"e*a, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a dam, a bridge.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of marine Annelida, in which the body is imperfectly, or not at all, annulated externally, and is mostly without set[ae].

Meaning of Gephyrea from wikipedia

- Gephyrea is a now-dismantled class of marine worms, containing the three modern taxa Echiura, Sipuncula, and Priapulida. Also Sternaspis, the first described...
- Together with Echiura and Sipuncula, they were once placed in the taxon Gephyrea, but consistent morphological and molecular evidence supports their belonging...
- taxonomic history: in the 19th century they were ****igned to the phylum "Gephyrea", which is now empty as its members have been ****igned to other phyla;...
- gephyrean in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gephyrean may refer to: Gephyrea, an obsolete class of marine worms Gephyreans, Gephyraeans or Gephyraei...
- was placed, alongside Sipuncula and Priapulida, in the now defunct class Gephyrea (meaning a "bridge") in Annelida, because it was believed that they provided...
- Thiere, (12 volumes, 1883–1913, with Ambrosius Hubrecht). "Report on the Gephyrea, collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876"; (published...
- Archiannelida and Polychaeta Rowland Southern (also marine dredging) Part 48 Gephyrea Rowland Southern Part 49 Oligochaeta Rowland Southern Part 50 Hirudinea...
- Phrataria transcissata Walker, 1863 Phrataria v-album Turner, 1944 Phrixocomes gephyrea Turner, 1936 Phrixocomes hedrasticha Turner, 1936 Phrixocomes nexistriga...