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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 761 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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GEPHYREA , the name used for several See also:

groups of See also:

WORM

worm-like animals with certain resemblances but of doubtful See also:

affinity. In the See also:

ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article " See also:

ANNELIDA

Annelida " in the 9th edition of this See also:

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

Encyclopaedia, W. C. McIntosh followed the accepted view in associating in this See also:

GROUP

group the Echiuridae, Sipunculidae and Priapulidae. E. See also:

Ray Lankester, in the See also:

PREFACE (Med. Lat. prefatia, for classical praefatio, praefari, to speak beforehand)

preface to the See also:

ENGLISH

English See also:

TRANSLATION

translation of C. See also:

GEGENBAUR, CARL (1826-1903)

Gegenbaur's See also:

COMPARATIVE

Comparative See also:

Anatomy (1878), added the Phoronidae to these forms. Afterwards the same author (article " See also:

ZOOLOGY (from Gr. Nov, a living thing, and ?byos, theory)

Zoology," Ency. Brit., 9th ed.) recognized that the Phoronidae had other See also:

AFFINITIES

affinities, and placed the other " gephyreans " in association with the See also:

POLYZOA

Polyzoa as the two classes of a phylum Podaxonia. In the See also:

PRESENT

present See also:

state of knowledge the old group Gephyrea is broken up into See also:

ECHIUROIDEA (Gr: 'xis, adder, and ovpa, tail)

Echiuroidea (q.v.) or Gephyreaarmata, which are certainly Annelids; the See also:

SIPUNCULOIDEA

Sipunculoidea (q.v.) or Gephyrea achaeta, an See also:

INDEPENDENT

independent group, certainly coelomate, but of doubtful affinity; the See also:

PRIAPULOIDEA

Priapuloidea (q.v.), equally of doubtful affinity; and the See also:

PHORONIDEA

Phoronidea (q.v.), which are almost certainly Hemichordata.

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