genus crangon

Thân thiện

A marine biologist carefully examines a specimen of the genus Crangon.

Definition

Noun: 1. A taxonomic category in biological classification: "Genus Crangon" is the scientific name for a specific genus of shrimp within the family Crangonidae. In taxonomy, a genus is a rank grouping closely related species. This genus is the type genus for its family, meaning it serves as the defining example.

Usage

• Scientific Classification: The term is used almost exclusively in scientific contexts like biology, marine biology, and taxonomy to classify and refer to this particular group of organisms.
  • The commercial shrimp Crangon crangon belongs to the genus Crangon.
  • Researchers studied the evolutionary history of the genus Crangon.

Advanced Usage

• Type Genus: As the type genus for the family Crangonidae, is the reference point against which other genera in the family are compared and defined.

Variants and Related Words

• Crangon (n): The abbreviated form of the genus name, often used in the binomial nomenclature of species (e.g., , ).
• Crangonidae (n): The family name to which this genus belongs.
• crangonid (adj/n): Relating to the family Crangonidae; a member of this family.

Synonyms

• Type genus of Crangonidae: This is a descriptive synonym specifying its taxonomic role.

Different Meanings

This term has a single, specific meaning within the domain of scientific biological classification. It does not have common or figurative meanings in everyday language.

Học thuật

Noun

1. type genus of the family Crangonidae

Từ đồng nghĩa

• Crangon
• genus Crangon