branchiate


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bran•chi•ate

(ˈbræŋ ki ɪt, -ˌeɪt)

adj.
having gills.
[1865–70]
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Adj.1.branchiate - provided with gills; "a gilled tadpole"
gilled
abranchial, abranchiate, abranchious, gill-less - having no gills
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The now classic descriptions by Powers (1907) of tiger salamander phenotypes encompass branchiate cannibal and typical morphs, including both larvae and paedotypic animals (terminology of intraspecific heterochrony following Reilly et al., 1997 after Alberch et al., 1979), in addition to adult metamorphic animals.
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3A), first two pairs very small, first obvious pair on chaetiger 9; finger-like, individual branchiae not meeting at dorsal midline; 15 branchiate chaetigers in holotype, 6-12 in paratypes, in specimens with 40 to 60 chaetigers, number of branchiate chaetigers generally proportional to total number of chaetigers (Fig.
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