A body plan, Bauplan (pl. German: Baupläne), or ground plan is a set of morphological features common to many members of a phylum of animals. The vertebrates...
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that lived on the bottom of the ocean floor. The fossils have a fractal body plan and were frond shaped, meaning they resembled broad-leafed plants such...
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takes up space Body (biology), the physical material of an organism Body plan, the physical features shared by a group of animals Human body, the entire...
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Animal (redirect from Animal body)
highly proliferative clade whose members have a bilaterally symmetric body plan. The vast majority belong to two large superphyla: the protostomes, which...
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Phylum (section Definition based on body plan)
thought of as groupings of organisms based on general specialization of body plan. At its most basic, a phylum can be defined in two ways: as a group of...
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convergent evolution in which non-crab crustaceans evolve a crab-like body plan. The term was introduced into evolutionary biology by L. A. Borradaile...
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Segmentation (biology) (redirect from Body segment)
Segmentation in biology is the division of some animal and plant body plans into a linear series of repetitive segments that may or may not be interconnected...
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Fish locomotion (redirect from Body-caudal fin locomotion)
or monoplane body plan, only the pectoral fins are enlarged to provide lift. Fish with this body plan tend to have a more streamlined body, higher aspect...
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Supernumerary body parts are most commonly a congenital disorder involving the growth of an additional part of the body and a deviation from the body plan. Body parts...
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synapomorphies, the notochord, which plays a significant role in chordate body plan structuring and movements. Chordates are also bilaterally symmetric, have...
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Insect morphology (redirect from Insect body plan)
Three physical features separate insects from other arthropods: they have a body divided into three regions (called tagmata) (head, thorax, and abdomen),...
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Anatomical terms of location (redirect from Body axis)
point of attachment. In all cases, the usage of terms is dependent on the body plan of the organism. Anatomical terms of location in a dog Anatomical terms...
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environmental and physical constraints act on all life, there is an "optimum" body plan that life will inevitably evolve toward, with evolution bound to stumble...
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Marine life (section Body plans and phyla)
thought of as a way of grouping organisms according to their body plan.: 33 A body plan refers to a blueprint which describes the shape or morphology...
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Tube worm (redirect from Tube worm (body plan))
underwater surface and secretes around its body a mineral tube, into which it can withdraw its entire body. Tubeworms are found among the following taxa:...
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Symmetry in biology (redirect from Body symmetry)
of animals which do not show any symmetry (i.e. are asymmetrical), the body plans of most multicellular organisms exhibit, and are defined by, some form...
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but instead of experiencing complete loss of the sternum the turtle body plan repurposes the bone into the form of the plastron, although other analyses...
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important evolutionary developments: the bilaterian body plan, the coelom, and metamerism, in which the body was built of repeated "modules" which could later...
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Sea cucumber (section Body plan)
organisms. The echinoderms are mainly distinguished from other phyla by their body plan and organization. The earliest sea cucumbers are known from the middle...
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are similar in body plan, though usually lighter in build; however, the wings of most dragonflies are held flat and away from the body, while damselflies...
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tiny, less than 1 mm (0.04 in) in length, and have a simple, unsegmented body plan. The small size of most species makes them easily overlooked; some species...
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homeobox genes, are a group of related genes that specify regions of the body plan of an embryo along the head-tail axis of animals. Hox proteins encode...
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Goldstein, Bob (1 January 2016). "The Compact Body Plan of Tardigrades Evolved by the Loss of a Large Body Region". Current Biology. 26 (2): 224–229. Bibcode:2016CBio...
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vault of the mouth and serving to open and close it and is part of the body plan of humans and most animals. In arthropods, the jaws are chitinous and...
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on land and in the air, marine invertebrates have a large variety of body plans, and have been categorised into over 30 phyla. They make up most of the...
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or monoplane body plan, only the pectoral fins are enlarged to provide lift. Fish with this body plan tend to have a more streamlined body, higher aspect...
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have bodies composed of differentiated tissues. There is also typically a digestive chamber with one or two openings to the exterior. The body plans of...
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Phylogenetic inertia (section Body plan)
terrestrial vertebrates have a body plan that consist of four limbs. The phylogenetic inertia hypothesis suggests that this body plan is observed, not because...
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jawfish species are small fish (up to 10 cm or 3.9 in) with an elongated body plan. A few species, for example the aptly named giant jawfish (O. rhomaleus)...
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