单词 | sacculina |
释义 | ‖ sacculina Zool.|sækjuːˈlaɪnə| [mod.L., f. saccul-us: see sacculus.] A genus of degenerate cirripeds parasitic on crabs; an animal of this genus.
1876Beneden's Anim. Parasites 59 The most singular..of all these cirrhipedes, are the Gallæ, which appear under the tail of crabs or the abdomen of paguri, and which zoologists designate under the names Peltogaster or Sacculina. Ibid. 60 A curious opinion..is that the Peltogaster of the Pagurus has become a Sacculina on the crab; the host having been transformed, its acolyte has done the same thing under the same influence. 1883H. Drummond Nat. Law in Spir. W. (1884) 341 This simple organism is known to the naturalist as a Sacculina. |

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