NOUN
- small class of marine mollusks comprising the chitons; sometimes considered an order of the subclass Amphineura
How To Use Polyplacophora In A Sentence
- The dorsal conic spine-like structures could be a homology of cuticular spicules of polyplacophorans and aplacophorans. Down with phyla! (episode II) - The Panda's Thumb
- Polyplacophorans have six to 88 pairs of bipectinate ctenidia, the number of which is typically not species specific, increasing as the individual grows.
- The dorsal conic spine-like structures could be a homology of cuticular spicules of polyplacophorans and aplacophorans.
- However, it has been pointed out that the presence of the articulamentum layer is often difficult to detect in the early fossils, since many Paleozoic polyplacophorans are silicified and incompletely preserved.
