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cancellus

n. 1 (context architecture English) A barrier, balustrade or railing, or screen, dividing the main body of a church from the chancel. 2 (context anatomy English) One of the interlacing osseous plates constituting the elastic porous tissue of certain parts of the bones, especially in their articular extremity.

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Cancellus (genus)

'Cancellus ' is a genus of hermit crabs in the family Diogenidae, containing the following species:

  • Cancellus canaliculatus (Herbst, 1804)
  • Cancellus frontalis Forest & McLaughlin, 2000
  • Cancellus investigatoris Alcock, 1905
  • Cancellus laticoxa Forest & McLaughlin, 2000
  • Cancellus macrothrix Stebbing, 1924
  • Cancellus mayoae Forest & McLaughlin, 1998
  • Cancellus ornatus Benedict, 1901
  • Cancellus panglaoensis McLaughlin, 2008
  • Cancellus parfaiti A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1891
  • Cancellus quadraticoxa Morgan & Forest, 1991
  • Cancellus rhynchogonus Forest & McLaughlin, 2000
  • Cancellus sphaerogonus Forest & McLaughlin, 2000
  • Cancellus spongicola Benedict, 1901
  • Cancellus tanneri Faxon, 1893
  • Cancellus typus H. Milne Edwards, 1836
  • Cancellus viridis Mayo, 1973