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Rhizocephala   Listen
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Rhizocephala  n. pl.  (Zool.) A division of Pectostraca including saclike parasites of Crustacea. They adhere by rootlike extensions of the head. See Illusration in Appendix.





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... the paper above considered, attempts to apply to the frog the views he put forward [Footnote: Fauna und Flora des Golfes van Neapel, 29 Monographie Rhizocephala.] in relation to the effect of the parasite Sacculina on the sexual organs of crabs. The species in which he made the most complete investigation of the influence of the parasite was Inachus scorpio ...
— Hormones and Heredity • J. T. Cunningham


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