The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pantopoda
Pantopoda \Pan*top"o*da\, n. pl. [NL. See Panto-, & -poda.] (Zo["o]l.) Same as Pycnogonida.
Pantopoda
Pycnogonida \Pyc`no*gon"i*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? thick crowded + ? knee.] (Zo["o]l.) A class of marine arthropods in which the body is small and thin, and the eight legs usually very long; -- called also Pantopoda.
Note: The abdomen is rudimentary, and the triangular mouth is at the end of a tubular proboscis. Many of them live at great depths in the sea, and the largest of them measure two feet across the extended legs.