triops

Thân thiện

A child watches a triops swim in a small aquarium.

Definition

Noun 1. A genus of small freshwater crustaceans: Triops is the type genus of the family Triopidae. These are small, shield-shaped crustaceans, often called tadpole shrimp, characterized by having a small third median eye in addition to their two main compound eyes.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The Triops is often studied as a living fossil due to its ancient lineage.
  • You can hatch Triops eggs in a small aquarium at home.
  • The presence of a third eye is a distinctive feature of the genus Triops.

Advanced Usage

• Scientific Classification: In biological taxonomy, is used as a proper noun to denote the genus. Species within this genus include and .
  • The species Triops cancriformis is considered one of the oldest living species on Earth.

Variants and Related Words

• Triopidae (n): The family of crustaceans to which the genus belongs.
• tadpole shrimp (n): A common name for crustaceans in the genus , referring to their resemblance to tadpoles.
• notostracan (n): A member of the order Notostraca, which includes the family Triopidae and genus .

Synonyms

• tadpole shrimp (common name)
• shield shrimp (common name)

Related Terms

• crustacean (n): A large class of arthropods (such as crabs, lobsters, shrimp) to which belongs.
• living fossil (n): An informal term for an extant organism that closely resembles species known only from the fossil record, a description often applied to .
• median eye (n): The small, central photoreceptive organ characteristic of the genus .

Học thuật

Noun

1. type genus of the family Triopidae: small crustaceans with a small third median eye

Từ đồng nghĩa

• Triops
• genus Triops