Crustacea glossary. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 2011.
dorsal plate — 1. (ARTHROPODA: Chelicerata) In Mesostigmata, the dorsal plate on the body. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) In Decapoda, a spindle shaped division of the carapace. 3. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) a. In Buprestidae larva, the plate or disk on the dorsal… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
dorsal plate — roof p … Medical dictionary
median dorsal plate — Elongate plate separating carapace valves posterodorsally (Phyllocarida Rhinocarina) [Moore and McCormick, 1969]. Elongate plate separating carapace valves posterodorsally in some phyllocarids [McLaughlin, 1980] … Crustacea glossary
median dorsal plate — (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) In some Peracardia, an elongate plate separating carapace valves posterodorsally … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
plate — 1. [TA] In anatomy, a thin, relative flat, structure. SYN: lamina [TA]. 2. A metal bar perforated for screws applied to a fractured bone to maintain the ends in apposition. 3. The agar layer within a Petri dish or similar … Medical dictionary
plate- — ⇒PLAT , PLATE , élém. de compos. Élém. représentant l adj. plat, entrant dans la constr. de subst.; le 2e élém. est un subst. avec lequel plat s accorde en genre et en nombre. V. plat bord, plat dos (s.v. plat1 II), plate bande, plate côte, plate … Encyclopédie Universelle
dorsal cerathyal — epihyal (the deep, endochondral bone at the upper end of the hyoid arch below the interhyal. It joins the hyomandibular and the symplectic through the interhyal, and articulates with the ceratohyal by a suture in some fishes, e.g. Gadidae. May… … Dictionary of ichthyology
dorsal shield — (ECHINODERMATA: Asterozoa) In Ophiurida, the ossicles along the mid line of the aboral arm surface; dorsal arm plate … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
dorsal spur — 1. (G.T.). 2. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Syrphidae larvae, a pointed spine or ridge like elevation of the posterior spiracular plate mesad to the circular plate … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
dorsal foramen — (BRACHIOPODA) A posterior perforation of the cardial plate that may or may not encroach on the beak of the brachial valve … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
