Annelida
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Annelida
1825–35; < New Latin, equivalent to annel- (< French annelés literally, ringed ones, plural past participle of anneler to ring, derivative of Old French an ( n ) el ring < Latin ānellus, diminutive of ānus ring, anus ) + -ida -id 2
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Approximately 16,500 species have been described in phylum Annelida.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Annelida, an-el′i-da, n. a class of animals comprising the red-blooded worms, having a long body composed of numerous rings.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
It is consciously and admittedly an attempt to apply Geoffroy's principle of the unity of plan and composition to the three great metameric groups, the Annelida, Arthropoda, and Vertebrata.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
The leech is a fresh-water parasitic invertebrate belonging to the Phylum Annelida.
From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Toby Appel
That Polygordius, Protodrilus and Saccocirrus are on the whole primitive forms, and related to each other, there can be little doubt, but their place amongst the Annelida is difficult to determine.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various
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