biology

Raillietiella

Raillietiella is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Raillietiella rather than just read about it. In short: Raillietiella is a genus of pentastomids in the family Raillietiellidae. It contains 42 species.

Key takeaways

Raillietiella belongs to biology; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Raillietiella to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Raillietiella from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Raillietiella is a genus of pentastomids in the family Raillietiellidae. It contains 42 species.

Species Raillietiella contains the following species:

Raillietiella aegypti Ali, Riley & Self, 1982 Raillietiella affinis Bovien, 1927 Raillietiella agcoi Tubangui & Masiluñgan, 1936 Raillietiella ampanihyensis Gretillat, Brygoo & Domergue, 1962 Raillietiella amphiboluri Mahon, 1954 Raillietiella belohaensis McAllister, Riley, Freed & Freed, 1993 Raillietiella bicaudata Heymons & Vitzthum, 1935 Raillietiella bifurcaudata Lakshmipyari & Gambhir, 2012 Raillietiella boulengeri (Vaney & Sambon, 1910) Raillietiella bufonis Ali, Riley & Self, 1982 Raillietiella cartagenensis Ali, Riley & Self, 1985 Raillietiella chamaeleonis Gretillat & Brygoo, 1959 Raillietiella colubrilineati (Leuckart, 1860) Raillietiella congolensis Fain, 1961 Raillietiella crotali Ali, Riley & Self, 1984 Raillietiella freitasi (Motta & Gomes, 1968) Raillietiella furcocercum (Diesing, 1836) Raillietiella gehyrae Bovien, 1927 Raillietiella gigliolii Hett, 1924 Raillietiella gowrii Rajalu & Rajendran, 1970 Raillietiella hemidactyli Hett, 1934 Raillietiella indica Gedoelst, 1921 Raillietiella kochi Heymons, 1926 Raillietiella mabuiae Heymons, 1922 Raillietiella maculatus Rao & Hiregaudar, 1962 Raillietiella maculilabris Ali, Riley & Self, 1984 Raillietiella madagascariensis McAllister, Riley, Freed & Freed, 1993 Raillietiella mediterranea (Hett, 1915) Raillietiella monarchus Ali, Riley & Self, 1984 Raillietiella morenoi Abreu-Acosta, Foronda Rodriguez, Valladares & Casanova, 2006 Raillietiella mottae Almeida, Freire & Lopes, 2008 Raillietiella namibiensis Riley & Heideman, 1998 Raillietiella orientalis (Hett, 1915) Raillietiella piscator Nair, 1967 Raillietiella rileyi Krishnasamy, Jeffery, Inder Singh & Oothuman, 1995 Raillietiella schoutedeni Fain, 1960 Raillietiella scincoides Ali, Riley & Self, 1984 Raillietiella spiralis Hett, 1924 Raillietiella teagueselfi Riley, McAllister & Freed, 1988 Raillietiella tetrapoda (Gretillat, Brygoo & Domergue, 1962) Raillietiella trachea Riley, Oaks & Gilbert, 2003 Raillietiella venteli (Motta, 1965)

References

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Raillietiella

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Raillietiella claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Raillietiella before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Raillietiella ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Raillietiella

In research: Raillietiella appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Raillietiella in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Raillietiella is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Crustacean genera, Crustacean stubs, Taxa described in 1910, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Raillietiella outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Raillietiella in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Raillietiella means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Raillietiella in simple terms?

Raillietiella is a genus of pentastomids in the family Raillietiellidae. It contains 42 species.

Why does Raillietiella matter?

Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Raillietiella?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Raillietiella.