Crustacea glossary. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 2011.
sternal plastron — See: sternum [Martin, 2005]. See: sternum [McLaughlin, 1980]. (Order Decapoda): Sternal plate [Stachowitsch, 1992] … Crustacea glossary
sternal canal — Internal skeletal structure of some crabs formed by meeting of of sternal apodemes of opposite sides above nerve cord [McLaughlin, 1980]. Internal skeletal structure of some crabs formed by meeting of sternal apodemes of opposite sides above… … Crustacea glossary
sternal laterale — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) A plate on each side of the sternum or presternum in some lower insects … 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
sternum — Midventral platelike surface of body, situated posterodorsal to orbit [Hobbs and Jass, 1988]. Sternites of all body somites taken together, and abdomen; ventral segmented floor of thorax. (Syn. sternal plastron) [Moore and McCormick, 1969].… … Crustacea glossary
frontal lamina — (Order Isopoda): A sternal plate arising between the bases of the antennae and probably homologous to the epistome of their arthropods; in many isopods the frontal lamina may extend anteriorly to be visible in the dorsal aspect; in many Valvifera … Crustacea glossary
acrosternite — n. [Gr. akros, tip; sternon, chest] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) That part of the narrow marginal flange anterior to the antecosta of a definitive sternal plate, including the preceding primary intersegmental sclerotization; normally found on abdominal… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
annular lamina — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Hymenoptera, the lamina or sternal plate situated in front of the genitalia of Formicidae … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
antecosta — n. [L. ante, before; costa, rib] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) The anterior marginal or submarginal interior tergal or sternal plate, on which the longitudinal muscles are attached … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
pleurosternum — n. [Gr. pleuron, side; sternon, chest] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) A thoraxic sternal plate that facilitates the limb bases; the coxosternum; pleurosternal adj … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
