Definition: Arthropoda

— MegatheriumSociety.org is a VIEWER-PARTICIPANT WEBSITE.Click on the link for information on what that means. Arthropoda (ahr-THROPP-uh-duh): zool. taxon. — a phylum of animals first described by Pierre André Latreille [November 20, 1762 – February 6, 1833], a French zoologist, in 1829, using two Gr. roots: αρθρον “arthron” = jointed, + ποδ “pod” = foot: in reference to ...

Definition: Chelicerata

— MegatheriumSociety.org is a VIEWER-PARTICIPANT WEBSITE.Click on the link for information on what that means. Chelicerata: a subphylum first described by Richard Heymons [1867 – 1943], a German zoologist, in 1901, using the Gr. noun χηλη “chele” = a claw, talon, or hoof + Gr. κερας “ceras” = an animal’s horn + the L. suffix ata — which by convention ...

Veritas, Roman Goddess of Truth…

— MegatheriumSociety.org is a VIEWER-PARTICIPANT WEBSITE.Click on the link for information on what that means. Roman mythology holds that the daughter of Saturn, and the mother of Virtue, was one who was named Veritas, the goddess of truth. According to mythical accounts, she was by nature elusive. Not in a trivial sense, but in every ...