urosomite

urosomite
(Order Amphipoda):
If abdomen (pleon) is subdivided into anterior pleosome and posterior urosome, one of three segments (somites) of urosome [Stachowitsch, 1992].
(Subclass Copepoda):
Component somite of a urosome [Boxshall and Halsey, 2004].

Crustacea glossary. . 2011.

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