amphioxus

[ am-fee-ok-suhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural am·phi·ox·i [am-fee-, ok, -sahy], am·phi·ox·us·es.

amphioxus

/ ˌæmfɪˈɒksəs /

amphioxus

/ ăm′fē-ŏk′səs /

1830–40; < New Latin: literally, sharp at both ends < Greek amphi- amphi- + oxýs pointed

C19: from New Latin: both ends being sharp, from amphi- + Greek oxus sharp

The amphioxus, the bridge between invertebrates and vertebrates, is not hermaphrodite.

The ovum of Amphioxus contains very little food material and its segmentation is quite uniform.

When the egg of Amphioxus is in the blastosphere stage we cannot speak of either an epiblast or hypoblast.

I carefully made transverse sections of a successfully hardened Amphioxus, through the whole length of the body.

The arrangement of the nerves of Amphioxus, according to my own observations, is as follows.

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