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Polycopidae
Polycopidae is a family of marine ostracods. Its members are related to animals in the suborder Halocypridina Halocypridina is a suborder of seed shrimp in the order Halocyprida The Halocyprida is one of the two orders within the Myodocopa, in turn a subclass of the ostracod Ostracods, or ostracodes, are a class of the Crustacea (class Ostracoda) ..., but are sufficiently distinct to be placed in the sub-order Cladocopina. There is even some speculation that a separate order may be warranted. The genera in the family differ from the other suborder, Halocypridina, in several features: the central adductor muscle scars are in a triangular (3 scars) or half-rosette (15 scars) pattern, they lack sixth and seventh limbs, and the maxilla (=fourth limb) has both an exopod and endopod (the maxilla in the Halocypridina lacks an exopod). The following genera are included: *'' Archypolycope'' Chavtur, 1981 *'' Axelheibergella'' Briggs, 1997 *†'' Discoidella'' Croneis & Gale, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Ossian Sars
Prof Georg Ossian Sars HFRSE (20 April 1837 – 9 April 1927) was a Norwegian marine and freshwater biologist. Life Georg Ossian Sars was born on 20 April 1837 in Kinn, Norway (now part of Flora), the son of Pastor Michael Sars and Maren Sars; the historian Ernst Sars was his elder brother, and the singer Eva Nansen was his younger sister.Google Translate He grew up in Manger, Hordaland, where his father was the local priest. He studied from 1852 to 1854 at Bergen Cathedral School, from 1854 at Christiania Cathedral School, and joined the university at Christiana (now the University of Oslo) in 1857. He indulged his interest in natural history while studying medicine; having collected water fleas in local lakes with Wilhelm Lilljeborg's works, he discovered new species, and this resulted in his first scientific publication. Georg Ossian Sars had a good memory and excellent drawing skills, and illustrated some of his father's zoological works. Sars was a founding inves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
