Hydrophidae

"Hydrophidae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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A family of sea snakes comprising about 50 species with flattened oar-like tails used as sculls. They are found mostly in the coastal waters of south Asia and Australia. The largest reach a length of almost 9 feet but most species are only about a third as long. They are all venomous. (Goin, Goin, and Zug, Introduction to Herpetology, 3d ed, pp331-3; Moore: Poisonous Snakes of the World, 1980, p159)

Descriptor ID

D017857

MeSH Number(s)

B01.050.150.900.833.672.400

Concept/Terms

Hydrophidae

Hydrophiinae

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Hydrophidae".

Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Animals [B01.050]
Chordata [B01.050.150]
Vertebrates [B01.050.150.900]
Reptiles [B01.050.150.900.833]
Snakes [B01.050.150.900.833.672]
Hydrophidae [B01.050.150.900.833.672.400]

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