Cytherellid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cytherellid is a noun meaning (zoology) Any ostracod in the family Cytherellidae.
Meaning
(zoology) Any ostracod in the family Cytherellidae.
Example Sentences
According to the latter authors, domatial dimorphism takes the form of a special posterior domiciliar space for egg/brood care in females, and is found in extant ostracods such as cytherellids and the podocopid Cyprideis lineage as well as in extinct Palaeozoic groups such as kloedenellids, monotiopleurids and leperditellids.
Word Forms
- cytherellids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cytheroidean, cypridid, cypridinid, cylindroleberidid, cymothoid, halocyprid.
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