parapodium
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any of the paired unjointed lateral appendages of polychaete worms, used in locomotion, respiration, etc
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any of various similar appendages of other invertebrates, esp certain molluscs
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Naturally, it is among the free living forms that the parapodium is best developed, and least developed among the tubicolous Polychaeta.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
The dorsal surface of the kidney extends to the left beyond the shell-chamber beneath the skin in the space between the shell-chamber and the left parapodium.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
The ancestral stock was pantognathobasic—i.e. had a gnathobase or jaw process on every parapodium.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
Typically, the parapodium consists of two processes of the body on each side, each of which bears a bundle of setae; these two divisions of the “limb” are termed 793 respectively notopodium and neuropodium.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
The parapodium is represented with its neural or ventral surface uppermost.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
They have elongated bodies with rows of bristled parapodia on their sides and a hidden set of pincer-shaped jaws that can be extruded for feeding.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2024
The worm, named Pectinereis strickrotti, has an elongated body that is flanked by a row of feathery, gill-tipped appendages called parapodia on either side, and Rouse said its sinuous swimming reminded him of a snake.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2024
Second, its parapodia are covered in gills, while most ragworms absorb oxygen through their parapodia without the aid of true gills.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2024
Polychaete worms have paired, unjointed limbs called parapodia on each segment used for locomotion and breathing.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
The annelid had fin-like parapodia, approaching the legs of insects about as closely as the fins of a fish approach the legs of a mammal.
From The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by Tyler, John Mason
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