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Edusa
Edusa may refer to: * ''Edusa'', Chevrolat ''in'' Dejean, 1836, the ''Edusella'' genus of beetles * ''Edusa'' Gistel, 1848, illegitimate homonym for a genus of tunicates * ''Edusa'' Albers, 1860, illegitimate homonym and synonym of Mesomphix, a genus of gastropods * ''Edusa'' Martens, 1860, illegitimate homonym, a genus of mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...s * Edusa, also known as Edesia and Edulica, a Roman goddess of nourishment who guarded over children as they learned to eat solid foods See also * {{Disambiguation, genus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edusella
''Edusella'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. They mainly occur in Australia, with a single species occurring in New Caledonia. Taxonomy The genus ''Edusa'' was originally named by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat in 1836, in Dejean's ''Catalogue of Coleoptera''. However, the name ''Edusa'' is usually attributed to Félicien Chapuis, who described the genus in 1874 and divided it into three subgenera: ''Edusa'', ''Edusella'', and ''Edusina''. These divisions of the genus are not used by later authors. ''Edusa'' Chapuis, 1874 was then found to be preoccupied by multiple older animal genera of the same name (by Gistel, 1848 in Tunicata and Albers, 1860 in Gastropoda), so it was renamed to ''Edusia'' by Édouard Lefèvre in 1885. However, the name ''Edusa'' continued to be used for these beetles by some authors regardless. Later, the name ''Edusella'', one of the subgenera created by Chapuis, was chosen as the name of the genus instead of either ''Edusa'' o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunicate
A tunicate is a marine invertebrate animal, a member of the subphylum Tunicata (). It is part of the Chordata, a phylum which includes all animals with dorsal nerve cords and notochords (including vertebrates). The subphylum was at one time called Urochordata, and the term urochordates is still sometimes used for these animals. They are the only chordates that have lost their myomeric segmentation, with the possible exception of the 'seriation of the gill slits'. Some tunicates live as solitary individuals, but others replicate by budding and become colonies, each unit being known as a zooid. They are marine filter feeders with a water-filled, sac-like body structure and two tubular openings, known as siphons, through which they draw in and expel water. During their respiration and feeding, they take in water through the incurrent (or inhalant) siphon and expel the filtered water through the excurrent (or exhalant) siphon. Most adult tunicates are sessile, immobile an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mesomphix
''Mesomphix'' is a genus of terrestrial gastropods belonging to the family Gastrodontidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mesomphix Rafinesque, 1819. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995272 on 2021-03-25 The species of this genus are found in Europe, North America, and New Zealand. Species * ''Mesomphix andrewsae'' (Pilsbry, 1895) * ''Mesomphix anurus'' Hubricht, 1962 * ''Mesomphix bilineatus'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) * ''Mesomphix capnodes'' (W.G. Binney, 1857) * ''Mesomphix cupreus'' (Rafinesque, 1831) * ''Mesomphix euryomphala'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1845) * ''Mesomphix flora'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1850) * ''Mesomphix friabilis'' (W.G. Binney, 1857) * ''Mesomphix globosus'' (MacMillan, 1940) * ''Mesomphix inornatus'' (Say, 1822) * ''Mesomphix latior'' (Pilsbry, 1900) * ''Mesomphix lucubratus'' (Say, 1829) * '' Mesomphix luisant'' Dourson, 2015 * ''Mesomphix martensianus'' (Pilsbry, 1903) * ''Mesomphix modestus'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. There are many thousands of species of sea snails and slugs, as well as freshwater snails, freshwater limpets, and land snails and slugs. The class Gastropoda contains a vast total of named species, second only to the insects in overall number. The fossil history of this class goes back to the Late Cambrian. , 721 families of gastropods are known, of which 245 are extinct and appear only in the fossil record, while 476 are currently extant with or without a fossil record. Gastropoda (previously known as univalves and sometimes spelled "Gasteropoda") are a major part of the phylum Mollusca, and are the most highly diversified class in the phylum, with 65,000 to 80,000 living snail and slug species. The anatomy, behavior, feeding, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is estimated between 60,000 and 100,000 additional species. The proportion of undescribed species is very high. Many taxa remain poorly studied. Molluscs are the largest marine phylum, comprising about 23% of all the named marine organisms. Numerous molluscs also live in freshwater and terrestrial habitats. They are highly diverse, not just in size and anatomical structure, but also in behaviour and habitat. The phylum is typically divided into 7 or 8 taxonomic classes, of which two are entirely extinct. Cephalopod molluscs, such as squid, cuttlefish, and octopuses, are among the most neurologically advanced of all invertebrates—and either the giant squid or the colossal squid is the largest known invertebrate species. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
