Crustacea glossary. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 2011.
furca — See: caudal furca [Martin, 2005]. See: caudal furca [McLaughlin, 1980]. The prominent spine present at each posterio external region of the telson. This term is reserved here for the brachyuran zoea since in the infra orders a spine or seta is… … Crustacea glossary
furca — n.; pl. cae [L. furca, fork] 1. Any forked process. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) The caudal furca; cercopod. 3. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) a. The cercopods; the forked sternal process arising from the thoracic sternum of pterygote insects formed by the… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
sternal apophysis — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) One of a pair of lateral apodemal arms of the eusternum marked by pits joined by a sulcus, thus dividing the eusternum into a basisternum and a sternellum; in higher insects they arise in the midline and separate internally … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
sternite — ( ) [Baba, 2005]. Sternal plastron, based on Munida. [Baba, 2005] A calcified plate on the ventral side of a segment between the bases of the appendages. [Warner, 1977] A segment of the ventral wall of the thorax [Ingle, 1983]. One of five… … Crustacea glossary
furcasternum — n. [L. furca, fork; sternum, breast] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) 1. In apterygote insects, that area of the thoracic sternum separated from the basisternum by the sternacosta. 2. In pterygote insects, the bases of the sternal apophyses form the furca,… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
postfrontal suture — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) Facial sutures present occurring above the lateral ocelli and extending laterad of the antennal bases. postfurca n. [L. post, after; furca, fork] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) The forked sternal process or apodeme of the metathorax … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
