Leptozoe

English translation: Leptomedusae / Leptolinae

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German term or phrase:Leptozoe
English translation:Leptomedusae / Leptolinae
Entered by: Barbara L Pavlik

08:45 Oct 13, 2014
German to English translations [PRO]
Science - Zoology / Marine Biology
German term or phrase: Leptozoe
"Anhand des Bedeckungsgrades ist ersichtlich, dass Hydrozoen zu den dominierenden Erstbesiedlern zählen, wobei im Jahresgang zuerst die Leptozoen, dann die Anthozoen dominieren."

This term crops up repeatedly in the document in both its plural and singular forms. When I google "leptzoe," I get zero results for that word. Instead, it automatically gives me search results for protozoa. Same thing when I google my initial guess, "leptozoan(s)." But the above sentence gives the most context, and from this, I surmise that the correct translation may bew leptolinae: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptolinae

It would be nice, however, to get confirmation from someone who really knows their marine biology. Thank you!
Barbara L Pavlik
United States
Local time: 13:38
Leptomedusae
Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrozoa lists Leptomedusae and Anthomedusae as suborders of the hydroida under one (obsolete) system for classifying hydrozoa (whereby it should also be noted that there is no definitive system - they're not easy things to classify).
That would seem to fit precisely in the given context.


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Note added at 4 hrs (2014-10-13 13:10:08 GMT)
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Note that the same source also gives Leptomedusae and Anthomedusae as orders within the subclass leptolinae under a more recent classification system.
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Jeremy Amos
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:38
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4 +3Leptomedusae
Jeremy Amos
3 -1Leptozoa
Irene Koukia


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Leptozoa


Explanation:
Species: Leptozoa rugosa



    Reference: http://paleobiodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=checkTaxonInfo&tax...
    Reference: http://eol.org/pages/42311871/names
Irene Koukia
Greece
Local time: 19:38
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  John Speese: I googled this name and it appears to refer to a millipede.
3 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Leptomedusae


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrozoa lists Leptomedusae and Anthomedusae as suborders of the hydroida under one (obsolete) system for classifying hydrozoa (whereby it should also be noted that there is no definitive system - they're not easy things to classify).
That would seem to fit precisely in the given context.


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Note added at 4 hrs (2014-10-13 13:10:08 GMT)
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Note that the same source also gives Leptomedusae and Anthomedusae as orders within the subclass leptolinae under a more recent classification system.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrozoa
Jeremy Amos
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:38
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  John Speese: Also found "thecate hydroids" online. Lower organisms are indeed hard to classify and the classification keeps changing.
14 mins

agree  Coqueiro
1 hr

agree  Donald Jacobson
11 hrs
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