gephyrea

[Gr. gephyra =a dam, mound, or mole; a bridge; a tunnel, and Lat. neut. pl. adj. suff.-ea.] Zool .: Spoon-worms; a cla of annulose animals, division An arthropod a. It consists of long worm like marine animals indistinctly annulated, but not divided into segments. There are occasionally bristles, but no other locomotive appendages. The sexes are generally separate, and there is a meta morphosis. IMG:content-0424.png:[blocks in formation]