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postcephalic — adj … Useful english dictionary
postcephalic groove — See: carapace groove h [Martin, 2005]. (Order Decapoda): See: carapace grooves m [McLaughlin, 1980]. (Order Decapoda): On carapace, groove posterior to and parallel with cervical groove; bisects cardiac region [Stachowitsch, 1992] … Crustacea glossary
trunk — Postcephalic portion of body. (Syn. thorax) [Moore and McCormick, 1969]. Postcephalic portion of body [McLaughlin, 1980]. The postcephalic body of a crustacean, sometimes divisible into an anterior thorax and posterior abdomen [Brusca and Brusca … Crustacea glossary
abdominal somite — Any single division of body behind thorax. (Syn. pleomere, pleonite) [Moore and McCormick, 1969]. Any single division of body between thorax and telson. (Syn. pleomere, pleonite) [McLaughlin, 1980]. (Class Cephalocarida): One of 11 segments of… … Crustacea glossary
telson — ( ) [Baba, 2005]. Entire animal, right appendages omitted, dorsal view, based on Munida. [Baba, 2005] Last somite of body, bearing arms and commonly caudal furca or pair of cerci, growth zone for postcephalic somites located at its anterior edge … Crustacea glossary
trunk — n. [L. truncus, cut off] 1. (ANNELIDA) a. In Polychaeta, the body between the peristomium and the pygidium. b. In Oligochaeta, the body between the peristomium and periproct. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) The postcephalic portion of the body. 3.… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
carapace groove — Furrow on surface of decapod, generally dorsal named types: a) antennal. Furrow on carapace extending backward from vicinity of antennal spine. b) branchiocardiac. Oblique furrow approximately in middle of posterior half of each side of carapace … Crustacea glossary
carapace grooves — (Order Decapoda): (a) antennal. Extending posteriorly from vicinity of antennal spine. (b) branchiocardiac. Oblique groove approximately in middle of posterior half on each side of carapace, separating branchial and cardiac regions and reaching… … Crustacea glossary
elytra — (Subclass Copepoda): Wing like expansions of the dorsal or dorsolateral surface of postcephalic trunk somites in some siphonostomatoids [Boxshall and Halsey, 2004] … Crustacea glossary
genital appendage — (Class Cephalocarida): One of two reduced appendages on first abdominal somite (= ninth postcephalic segment). Ovisac of female is attached to genital appendage [Stachowitsch, 1992] … Crustacea glossary
