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MONOSPONDYLE [1 record]

Record 1 1979-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Zoology
DEF

having no well-developed intercentra alternating with the true centra of the vertebrae.

CONT

Teleostei. (...) It involved the (...) development of monospondylic vertebrae (...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Zoologie
CONT

Dans un segment vertébral ne se forme, le plus souvent, qu'un corps vertébral; c'est l'état monospondyle. (...) Le cas des Sélaciens est particulièrement curieux: la région troncale est mono-, la région caudale, diplospondyle.

Spanish

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