schizopod

[ skiz-uh-pod, skit-suh- ]

noun

1. any crustacean of the former order or division Schizopoda, now divided into the orders Mysidacea, comprising the opossum shrimps, and Euphausiacea, comprising krill.

adjective

1. Also schi·zop·o·dous [] belonging or pertaining to the Schizopoda.

schizopod

/ ˈskɪtsəʊˌpɒd /

noun

1. any of various shrimplike crustaceans of the former order Schizopoda, now separated into the orders Mysidacea (opossum shrimps) and Euphausiacea

Word History and Origins

Origin of schizopod¹

1835–45; < New Latin Schizopoda; schizo-, -pod

Example Sentences

The recent discovery in the Tasmanian “schizopod” Anaspides, of what is believed to be a living representative of the Carboniferous and Permian Syncarida, has, however, afforded a clue to the affinities of some of these problematical forms.

From Project Gutenberg

One of these, the schizopod crustacean Mysis relicta,—a shrimp-like creature,—which was formerly believed to inhabit also the Caspian, is of particular interest.

From Project Gutenberg

The youngest larva of the Schizopod genus Euphausia observed by Claus, stands very near the youngest Zoea of our Prawns; but whilst its anterior antennae are already biramose, and it therefore appears to be more advanced, it still wants the middle maxillipedes.

From Project Gutenberg