ANNULOSA

(Lat.), n. n. pl. *(nu)-lo’sa’. Ger., Gliederthiere. Annulose annimals; a subkingdom of invertebrates comprising those composed of separate segments (somites) united along a single longitudinal axis. They have a double chain of ventrally alspised nervous ganglia forming a loop anteriorly around the œsophagus. pays comprtsa the two great divisions Anarthroida and Arthropod a, embracing the cla es of which worm: leeches. crustaceans, spiders, and insects are types. [B, 28; L, 147.