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isopod n.等足目 (Isopoda) 動物。adj.等足目動物...

isopraxism

Flabellifera is one of the most important suborders of isopoda , and the commonest isopods of predominant marine provenance . the materials examined were obtained mainly by national oceanic investigations such as “ the comprehensive oceanographic survey ( 1958 - 1960 ) “ , “ china vietnam comprehensive survey to beibu gulf ( golf of tonkin ) ( 1959 - 1960 , 1962 ) “ and “ china germany marine biological expedition to hainan island “ ( 1990 , 1992 ) 中國科學院海洋研究所從50年代以來進行了若干次海洋生物考察,如“全國海洋綜合調查( 1958 ? 1960年) ” 、 “中越北部灣海洋綜合調查( 1959 - 1960 , 1962年) ”及“中德海南島生物聯合調查( 1960 , 1962年) ”等,獲得了大量的等足類標本。

Many of the novel isopods , for instance , could be grouped as closely related pairs of species , with one of the pair found in shallower waters and the other down in the depths 比如,許多新奇的等足類動物能夠以物種對的形式進行歸類,在一個緊密相連的物種對中,一個物種是在淺水區發現的,而另一個是在深水區發現的。

More to the point , though , is that as polarstern pursued its mission during the summers of 2002 and 2005 , the rate at which new isopod species were discovered did not decline 更能說明問題的是,盡管極地號是在2002年夏天到2005年夏天這段時間執行的任務,但發現新等足類動物的速率在這之后并沒有下降。

That suggests biology has only scratched the surface of isopod diversity ? and in the grand scheme of things , isopods are a pretty obscure group 這表明現今的生物學僅觸及了等足類動物多樣性問題的表面,并且,從更高的層面來看,等足類動物僅是一個微不足道的群體。

The isopod pictured above , for example , is but one of some 600 new species of these woodlouse - like creepy crawlies 例如,上圖所描繪的等足類動物僅是600多種有潮蟲特征、新發現的爬蟲動物中的一種。

That triples the number of antarctic isopods known 這個數字是南極地區已知的等足類動物數量的三倍。