In biology, the term is in common use, whether as English or Latin: • The term
gracile and its opposite,
robust—occur in discussion of the
morphology of various
hominids for example. • The
gracile fasciculus is a particular bundle of axon fibres in the spinal cord • The
gracile nucleus is a particular structure of
neurons in the
medulla oblongata • "
GRACILE syndrome", is associated with a
BCS1L mutation • The
gracilis muscle is a thin, flat muscle of the medial thigh In
biological taxonomy,
gracile is the
specific name or
specific epithet for various species. Where the gender is appropriate, the form is
gracilis. Examples include: •
Campylobacter gracilis, a species of bacterium implicated in foodborne disease •
Ctenochasma gracile, a late
Jurassic pterosaur •
Eriophorum gracile, a species of
sedge,
Cyperaceae •
Euglena gracilis, a unicellular flagellate protist •
Hydrophis gracilis, a species of sea snakes •
Melampodium gracile, a flowering plant species •
Moeritherium gracile, an
Eocene mammal species The same root appears in the names of some genera and higher
taxa: •
Gracilaria is a genus of red algae in the order
Gracilariales •
Gracillaria is a genus of
leaf miner moths in the
superfamily Gracillarioidea ==See also==