Crustacea glossary. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 2011.
gill — See: branchia [Martin, 2005]. See: branchia [McLaughlin, 1980]. (Order Cumacea): Branchial lobule [Stachowitsch, 1992]. (Order Decapoda): One of several respiratory projections that may be associated with each thoracic appendage (thoracopod).… … Crustacea glossary
coxal gill — (Order Amphipoda): Respiratory structure projecting from basal segment (coxa) of pereon appendage (peropod); consists of modified epipod. Six pairs of coxal gills (on pereon segments 2 8) represent full complement. (digitiform, foliate, sac like; … Crustacea glossary
skeleton — skeletonless, adj. skeletonlike, adj. /skel i tn/, n. 1. Anat., Zool. the bones of a human or an animal considered as a whole, together forming the framework of the body. 2. any of various structures forming a rigid framework in an invertebrate.… … Universalium
bird — birdless, adj. /berrd/, n. 1. any warm blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard shelled egg. 2. a fowl or game bird. 3 … Universalium
Bird — /berrd/, n. Larry, born 1956, U.S. basketball player. * * * I Any of the warm blooded, beaked vertebrates of the class Aves, including more than 9,600 living species. A covering of feathers distinguishes birds from all other animals. Birds have a … Universalium
malacostracan — /mal euh kos treuh keuhn/, adj. 1. belonging or pertaining to the crustacean subclass Malacostraca, which includes the lobsters, shrimps, crabs, etc. n. 2. a malacostracan crustacean. [1825 35; < NL Malacostrac(a) order of crustacea ( < Gk, neut … Universalium
Heart — This article is about the organ in various animals. For the human heart, see Human heart. For other uses, see Heart (disambiguation). Cardiac redirects here. For the cardboard computer, see CARDboard Illustrative Aid to Computation … Wikipedia
sinus — A blood filled space on the venous side of the circulatory system [Warner, 1977]. Any space or cavity in body tissues; also, refers to broad concavity in margin of shell [Butler, T.H.]. (Order Notostraca): Posterior emargination of carapace;… … Crustacea glossary
Beetle — Beetles redirects here. For the band, see The Beatles. For the car, see Volkswagen Beetle. This article is about the insect. For other uses, see Beetle (disambiguation). Beetle Temporal range: 318–0 Ma … Wikipedia
passeriform — /pas euhr euh fawrm , peuh ser euh /, adj. of or pertaining to the order Passeriformes; passerine. [ < NL Passeriformes, equiv. to L passer sparrow + iformes IFORMES] * * * ▪ bird Introduction also called passerine or perching bird any… … Universalium
