Anamniotes vs. Amniote — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Anamniotes and Amniote
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Anamniotes
The anamniotes are an informal group comprising the fishes and the amphibians, the so-called "lower vertebrates", which lay their eggs in water. They are distinguished from the amniotes, the "higher vertebrates" (reptiles, birds and mammals), which lay their eggs on land or retain the fertilized egg within the mother.
Amniote
Amniotes are a clade of tetrapod vertebrates that comprise sauropsids (including reptiles and birds) and synapsids (including mammals). They are distinguished by a membrane (amnion) protecting the embryo and a lack of a larval stage.
Anamniotes
Plural of anamniote
Amniote
Any of numerous vertebrates of the group Amniota, characteristically having an amnion during embryonic development and including the reptiles, birds, and mammals.
Amniote
(biology) Any of the Amniota group of vertebrates having an amnion during the development of the embryo; mammals, birds and reptiles.
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Amniote
Any member of the Amniota.
Amniote
Any member of the Amniota
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