The sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) is a predacious, eel-like fish native to the coastal regions of the Atlantic Ocean. From Wordnik.com. [Exotic species] Reference
The sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) is a predacious, eel-like fish native to the coastal regions of the. From Wordnik.com. [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference
"On the Nature of the Cranio-Facial Apparatus of Petromyzon" "Journal of Anatomy and Physiology" 10 (1876) 412-429. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3] Reference
This fact he connected with his observation that the fish Petromyzon, which possesses only two canals, moves in only two spatial dimensions. From Wordnik.com. [The Dancing Mouse A Study in Animal Behavior] Reference
Sea lampreys Petromyzon marinus are known to feed on a wide variety of fish using a funnel-like mouth filled with teeth and a razor-like tongue. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News - Home] Reference
The dancer with only one functional canal in each ear moves in only one plane, and neither it nor Petromyzon is able to move far in a straight line (11 p. 444). From Wordnik.com. [The Dancing Mouse A Study in Animal Behavior] Reference
However, scientists in New York have discovered that the Sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, is an exception to the anadromous lifestyle in that it appears to lack this homing ability. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Fishkeeping news (RSS)] Reference
Thus the skull of Petromyzon answers to about fourteen segments of the body of Amphioxus, fused together and indistinguishable in even the earliest embryonic state of the higher vertebrata. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2] Reference
"On the Nature of the Cranio-Facial Apparatus of Petromyzon". From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley]
Petromyzon, semicircular canals of. From Wordnik.com. [The Dancing Mouse A Study in Animal Behavior] Reference
(Petromyzon marinus). From Wordnik.com. [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference
Boing Boing reader Petromyzon says. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: July 3, 2005 - July 9, 2005 Archives] Reference
Petromyzon branchialis. From Wordnik.com. [Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon der Naturgeschichte mit erklaerenden Anmerkungen] Reference
Petromyzon fluviatilis. From Wordnik.com. [Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon der Naturgeschichte mit erklaerenden Anmerkungen] Reference
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