Principles of Biology
Principles of Biology
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ISBN: 9781259875120
Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Cyclostome is an organism that belongs to class Cyclostomata. The word Cyclostomata is derived from the Greek word ‘Cyklos’ that in English means ‘round mouth’.

Cyclostomes are jawless fishes having a large sucking mouth. They are fresh-water and marine vertebrates. Due to the absence of jaw, they are termed as jawless vertebrates.

Cyclostomes have a long body and compressed tail. They have a circular mouth which is surrounded by tentacles and works like a sucker. 12 pair of individual openings of the gill is seen. Endoskeleton is present in them.

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