brachiopod
any mollusklike, marine animal of the phylum Brachiopoda, having a dorsal and ventral shell; a lamp shell.
Also bra·chi·op·o·dous [brey-kee-op-uh-duhs, brak-ee]. /ˌbreɪ kiˈɒp ə dəs, ˌbræk i/. belonging or pertaining to the Brachiopoda.
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Based on a genetic analysis, Wufengella is probably the common ancestor that connects brachiopods, bryozoans and phoronid worms, paleontologist Jakob Vinther and colleagues report September 27 in Current Biology.
This ancient worm might be an important evolutionary missing link | Allison Gasparini | October 13, 2022 | Science NewsTubes stuck to the outer shells of hundreds of fossilized brachiopods discovered in an outcropping in China may have housed the earliest-known parasites.
These science claims from 2020 could be big news if confirmed | Cassie Martin | December 23, 2020 | Science NewsThese tubes appeared only on brachiopods — never alone or on other animals.
Tube-dwelling sea creatures may be oldest known parasites | Jonathan Lambert | July 13, 2020 | Science News For StudentsThis suggests that the tube-dwelling creature needed the brachiopod to survive.
Tube-dwelling sea creatures may be oldest known parasites | Jonathan Lambert | July 13, 2020 | Science News For StudentsThe process is apparently the same in a nebula or a brachiopod, although much more intricate in the latter.
The Soul of the Far East | Percival Lowell
Spirifer, spir′i-fėr, n. a brachiopod of the Carboniferous system.
A genus unfigured and imperfectly described as differing in some respects from Terebratula and other brachiopod.
A Conchological Manual | George Brettingham Sowerby
British Dictionary definitions for brachiopod
/ (ˈbreɪkɪəˌpɒd, ˈbræk-) /
any marine invertebrate animal of the phylum Brachiopoda, having a ciliated feeding organ (lophophore) and a shell consisting of dorsal and ventral valves: Also called: lamp shell See also bryozoan
Origin of brachiopod
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Scientific definitions for brachiopod
[ brā′kē-ə-pŏd′ ]
Any of various marine invertebrate animals of the phylum Brachiopoda that resemble clams. Brachiopods have paired upper and lower shells attached to a usually stationary stalk and hollow tentacles covered with cilia that sweep food particles into the mouth. Brachiopods are probably related to the phoronids and bryozoans, and were extremely abundant throughout the Paleozoic Era.
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