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phyllopoda |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Phyllopoda \Phyl*lop"o*da\, n. pl [NL., fr Gr ? a leaf + -poda.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of Entomostraca including a large number of species, most of which live in fresh water. They have flattened or leaflike legs, often very numerous, which they use in swimming. Called also {Branchiopoda}. Note: In some the body is covered with a bivalve shell ({Holostraca}); in others as Apus, by a shield-shaped carapace ({Monostraca}); in others like Artemia, there is no carapace, and the body is regularly segmented. Sometimes the group is made to include also the Cladocera. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Branchiopoda \Bran"chi*o*poda\, n. pl [Gr. ? gill + -poda: cf F. branchiopode.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of Entomostraca; -- so named from the feet of branchiopods having been supposed to perform the function of gills. It includes the fresh-water genera {Branchipus}, {Apus}, and {Limnadia}, and the genus {Artemia} found in salt lakes. It is also called {{Phyllopoda}}. See {Phyllopoda}, {Cladocera}. It is sometimes used in a broader sense
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