streptospondylous
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streptospondylous (not comparable)
- Having vertebral articulations reversed (as in the genus Streptospondylus in infraorder Tetanurae)
- 2015 October 29, “When Ontogeny Matters: A New Japanese Species of Brittle Star Illustrates the Importance of Considering both Adult and Juvenile Characters in Taxonomic Practice”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- Zygospondylous articulations, with a well-defined distal condyle, occur in the majority of families; in others streptospondylous articulations appear.