Nemastoma

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νῆμᾰ (nêmă, “yarn, silk”) +‎ Ancient Greek στόμᾰ (stómă, “mouth”).

  • (sense 1): Coined by German entomologist and arachnologist Carl Ludwig Koch in 1836.
  • (sense 2): Coined by Swedish botanist, phycologist, and taxonomist Jacob Georg Agardh in 1842.

Proper noun

Nemastoma n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Nemastomatidae – certain harvestmen.
  2. A taxonomic genus within the family Nemastomataceae – certain red algae.

Derived terms

  • Various genera names in the Nemastomatidae are influenced by the name of the type genus, if not directly derived from it, usually suffixed with στόμᾰ (stómă):

See also

harvestman genus
alga genus
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