neocentrophyid

English

Noun

neocentrophyid (plural neocentrophyids)

1. Any kinorhynch of the family Neocentrophyidae.
   • 2015 July 23, “Phylogeny of Kinorhyncha Based on Morphology and Two Molecular Loci”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     This arrangement is less conspicuous in species of Dracoderes (Fig 5C ), although the short but wide placids, with cuticular foldings in between are still arranged in a pattern that is much closer to the arrangement in the pycnophyid and neocentrophyid species [32 ], [33 ].