Cyclostomata


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Related to Cyclostomata: Chondrichthyes, Osteichthyes
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Noun 1. [画像:Cyclostomata - primitive jawless aquatic vertebrate: lampreys]Cyclostomata - primitive jawless aquatic vertebrate: lampreys; hagfishes
animal order - the order of animals
Agnatha, superclass Agnatha - superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins: lampreys; hagfishes; some extinct forms
cyclostome - primitive aquatic vertebrate
family Myxinidae, Myxinidae - slime-producing marine animals: hagfishes
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This timing is further supported by observations of karyotype expansion between Cyclostomata and Gnathostomata (Nakatani et al., 2007) and earlier reconstructions of other gene families, including homeobox (Neidert et al., 2001; Force et al., 2002; Tank et al., 2009), pigmentation genes (Braasch et al., 2008), vitellogenin (Finn and Kristoffersen, 2007; Babin, 2009; Finn et ai, 2009; Kristoffersen et al., 2009), chemosensory receptors (Libants et al., 2009), adenohypophyseal hormones (Kawauchi and Sower, 2006; Sower et al., 2008), and thyroid and glycoprotein hormone receptors (Freamat and Sower, 2008; Chauvigne et al., 2010; Applebaum et al., 2012).
Part 3, Cyclostomata, Ctenostomata, Entroprocta, and Addenda.
The detectable Maastrichtian diversity was high at nearly two dozen species belonging to nine families of Cheilostomata and two families of Cyclostomata. Cheilostomes were distributed among all units sampled but cyclostomes were found only in the Prairie Bluff Formation.

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