Cyclostome is a
biological term (from the
Greek for "round mouth") used in a few different senses:
for the taxon
Cyclostomi, which comprises the extant
jawless fishes: the
hagfish (Myxini) and the
lampreys (Petromyzontidae). This was thought for a time to be a
paraphyletic group and this usage of the term was deprecated by some. However, there is strong molecular evidence for cyclostome
monophyly,[1] and thus the term remains in use.
for the Order
Cyclostomatida of
bryozoans, tiny animals that live in colonies and form large calcitic skeletons.
^Stock, David; Whitt GS (7 August 1992). "Evidence from 18S ribosomal RNA sequences that lampreys and hagfishes form a natural group". Science. 257 (5071): 787–9.
doi:
10.1126/science.1496398.
PMID1496398.
Index of animals with the same common name
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vernacular name). If an
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Cyclostome is a
biological term (from the
Greek for "round mouth") used in a few different senses:
for the taxon
Cyclostomi, which comprises the extant
jawless fishes: the
hagfish (Myxini) and the
lampreys (Petromyzontidae). This was thought for a time to be a
paraphyletic group and this usage of the term was deprecated by some. However, there is strong molecular evidence for cyclostome
monophyly,[1] and thus the term remains in use.
for the Order
Cyclostomatida of
bryozoans, tiny animals that live in colonies and form large calcitic skeletons.
^Stock, David; Whitt GS (7 August 1992). "Evidence from 18S ribosomal RNA sequences that lampreys and hagfishes form a natural group". Science. 257 (5071): 787–9.
doi:
10.1126/science.1496398.
PMID1496398.
Index of animals with the same common name
This page is an index of articles on animal species (or higher taxonomic groups) with the same
common name (
vernacular name). If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to edit the linking article so that it links directly to the intended article.