Vocabulary

Eumetazoa; clade containing most animal groups

Dickinsonia (genus of an extinct group of animals)

Trichoplax adhaerens (species of placozoan)

Placozoa (phylum of multicellular invertebrates)

Tricoplacia (class of multicellular invertebrates)

Tricoplaciformes; order of multicellular invertebrates

Ctenophora (phylum comprising the comb jellies)

Cnidaria (phylum of marine animals)

nematocyst; cnidocyte; cnida

cnidosac; cnidocystic sac

nettling thread; stinging filament

stenotele

Myxozoa (phylum of parasitic animals)

acanthocephales; thorny-headed worms; spiny-headed worms

Acanthocephala (phylum of thorny-headed worms)

Nematoda (phylum of roundworms)

Chaetognatha (phylum of arrow worms)

sexual intercourse (esp. with a prostitute); actual sex (in movies, etc.)

suppression of speech; suppression of dissent; censorship

stereoscopy; three-dimensional vision

(national) road in poor condition

person unable to fulfil their shopping needs (esp. in areas of depopulation or due to lack of transport); people who have been cut off from the retail sector; shopping refugee

dead thread (e.g. in forum); inactive thread

Amoebozoa

Amoebozoa (phylum of amoeboid protozoa)

Excavata (group of unicellular eukaryotes)

ultrastructure; fine structure; microstructure

haptophyte

Chromalveolata (proposed kingdom within the domain Eukaryota)

Viridiplantae (subkingdom of green algae and land plants)

Chlorophyta; division of green algae

watermelon snow; snow algae

Rhizaria; supergroup of unicellular eukaryotes

Glaucophyceae (class of glaucophytes)

Glaucophyta (phylum of freshwater microscopic algae)

lophotrochozoan; any species in the superphylum Lophotrochozoa

Lophotrochozoa (superphylum of protostome animals)

Actiniaria; order comprising the sea anemones

Sphenodon (genus of the tuatara)

Sphenodontia; order of the tuatara