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  • noun Plural form of pycnogonid.

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  • A while back, I reported on a study of pycnogonids, the sea spiders, that appeared to show that that might not be the case: on the basis of neural organization and innervation, that study showed that the way pycnogonid chelifores a pair of large, fang-like structures at the front of the head were innervated suggested that they were homologous to great appendages.

    The Panda's Thumb: May 2006 Archives 2006

  • A while back, I reported on a study of pycnogonids, the sea spiders, that appeared to show that that might not be the case: on the basis of neural organization and innervation, that study showed that the way pycnogonid chelifores a pair of large, fang-like structures at the front of the head were innervated suggested that they were homologous to great appendages.

    Chelifores, chelicerae, and invertebrate evolution - The Panda's Thumb 2006

  • An analysis of those elements in an obscure group, the pycnogonids, has uncovered a surprising relationship—they seem to be related to well known Cambrian organism.

    Pycnogonid tagmosis and echoes of the Cambrian - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • An analysis of those elements in an obscure group, the pycnogonids, has uncovered a surprising relationship—they seem to be related to well known Cambrian organism.

    The Panda's Thumb: October 2005 Archives 2005

  • Bowers caused much amusement by demanding to know 'If the pycnogs (pycnogonids) were more nearly related to the arachnids (spiders) or crustaceans.'

    Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Robert Falcon Scott 1890

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