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- noun biology All the
vertebrates , such as theAmphibia , which lack anamnion during development.
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Examples
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Yet Semper enters into refinements of comparison, seeing, for instance, in the lateral portions of the ventral ganglia (Fig. 14, _sp.g. _) the homologues of the spinal ganglia of Vertebrates, and comparing the lateral line of sense organs in Annelids with the lateral line in Anamnia.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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It is developed in reptiles, birds, and mammals, which are hence called Amniota; but not in amphibia and fishes, which are consequently termed Anamnia.
I. Embryology. 11. Development of the Fetal Membranes and Placenta 1918
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Anamnia (the Amphibians, Fishes, and primitive types).
The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told J. Arthur Thomson 1897
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In all the Anamnia (the lower amnionless Craniotes, Cyclostomes,
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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