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
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
Minor, W. C., gemmation and fission in the Annelida, ii.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Darwin, Charles
The former, to which they limited the use of the word coelom, and which is developed directly or indirectly from the enteron, is found in Annelida, Arthropoda, Echinodermata, Chordata, &c.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
We owe to him the foundation and definition of the classes of Infusoria, Annelida, Arachnida, and Crustacea, the two latter groups being separated from the insects.
From Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)
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