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MeSH Heading: Hydrophiidae
Tree Number(s): B01.050.050.286.875.750.564; B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.875.564; B01.050.150.900.833.672.562.750.564
Unique ID: D000073180
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000073180
Scope Note: A subfamily of marine elapid 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)
Entry Term(s): Aipysurus; Hydrophidae; Hydrophiinae; Sea Snakes
Related Numbers: txid8677
Previous Indexing: Elapidae (1994-2017); Elapid Venoms (1978-2017)
See Also: Elapid Venoms
Public MeSH Note: 2018; see ELAPIDAE 1994-2017
History Note: 2018; use ELAPIDAE 1994-2017
Date Established: 2018/01/01
Date of Entry: 2017/07/11
Revision Date: 2023/05/31

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

classification (CL)

embryology (EM)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

physiology (PH)

surgery (SU)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0026981
Related Numbers: txid8677
Scope Note: A subfamily of marine elapid 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)
Terms: Hydrophiidae Preferred Term
Term UI T000893490
Date01/12/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Hydrophidae
Term UI T000908110
Date09/26/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Hydrophiinae
Term UI T053378
Date10/15/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Sea Snakes
Term UI T053379
Date10/15/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994)

Hydrophiidae MeSH Descriptor Data 2025