holospondylous

holospondylous
said of a vertebra with a single-disk centrum, formed of a single bone with all elements (arches, spines) fused, e.g. Dipterus, Scaumenacia (Dipnoi), Teleostei

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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