Crustacea glossary. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 2011.
copulatory male — A fully adult male. In the janiroidea isopods, the male is identified by a sperm tube on the second pleopod s stylet, which is open at its sharp distal tip. In some specimens at this terminal stage, the vas deferens is visible through the cuticle … Crustacea glossary
appendix masculina — A lappet inserted between the appendix interna and the mesial margin of the second pleopod of most male shrimps. The presence or absence of an appendix masculina is the easiest way to distinguish males and females in most caridean shrimps, and in … Crustacea glossary
gastropod — /gas treuh pod /, n. 1. any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, comprising the snails, whelks, slugs, etc. adj. 2. Also, gastropodous /ga strop euh deuhs/. belonging or pertaining to the gastropods. [1820 30; < NL Gast(e)ropoda a class of mollusks.… … Universalium
insect — insectival /in sek tuy veuhl/, adj. /in sekt/, n. 1. any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two… … Universalium
flatworm — /flat werrm /, n. any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having bilateral symmetry and a soft, solid, usually flattened body, including the planarians, tapeworms, and trematodes; platyhelminth. [1895 1900; FLAT1 + WORM] * * * or platyhelminth… … Universalium
flea — /flee/, n. 1. any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap. 2. either of two common fleas of the genus Ctenocephalides, the very small, black… … Universalium
Dolichomacrostomidae — An adult Dolichomacrostomum uniporum, a member of the Dolichomacrostominae Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
