Eurypterid - Eurypterid (English spelling)

Japanese: ウミサソリ - うみさそり(英語表記)eurypterid
Eurypterid - Eurypterid (English spelling)

A fossil animal belonging to the arthropod subphylum Chelicerata, which constitutes the Elytteridae. Its body is long and consists of a cephalothorax and abdomen, and its surface is covered with chitin. The cephalothorax is large, with a pair of simple and compound eyes, and six pairs of legs on the underside. The first leg is a scissor-like leg, and legs two to six are mostly walking legs. The sixth leg is the largest, and some are suitable for swimming, while others are suitable for digging in the ground. The abdomen is made up of 12 segments, and the tip of the abdomen is sharp and has various shapes, such as a sword tail, a scorpion tail, or a fin-like shape for swimming. It lived from the Ordovician period of the Paleozoic era to the end of the Permian period, but flourished most in the Silurian period. Although it is called a sea scorpion, it is thought that most of them lived in freshwater or brackish water. Eurypterus and Pterygotus are well known. They have not yet been discovered in Japan.

[Fujiyama Ienori]

Pterygotus macrophthalmus (sea scorpion)
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Pterygotus macrophthalmus (sea urchin)


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

節足動物鋏角(きょうかく)亜門に属し、広翼類を構成する化石動物。体は長く、頭胸部と腹部よりなり、体の表面はキチン質で覆われる。頭胸部は大きく、各1対の単眼と複眼があり、下面には6対の肢(あし)をもつ。第1肢は鋏(はさみ)状の鋏肢をなし、2~6肢は歩脚のものが多い。第6肢がもっとも大きく、泳ぐのに適したもの、また土砂を掘るのに適したものなどもある。腹部は12の体節よりなり、腹部の先端はとがって尾剣を形成するもの、サソリの尾に似たもの、遊泳用のひれ状のものなど形状はさまざまである。古生代オルドビス紀よりペルム紀(二畳紀)末まで生息したが、シルル紀にもっとも栄えた。ウミサソリの名があるが、大部分は淡水、汽水中にすんだと思われる。ユーリプテルスEurypterus、プテリゴツスPterygotusなどはよく知られる。日本からはまだ発見されていない。

[藤山家徳]

プテリゴツス・マクロフタルムス(ウミサソリ)
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プテリゴツス・マクロフタルムス(ウミサ…


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