Crustacea glossary. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 2011.
head apodeme — (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) In crayfish, fused endopleurite and endosternite forming an area for muscle attachment at the anterior end of the skeleton … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
apodeme — A cuticular, usually calcified invagination upon which muscles insert and which, itself, inserts by means of tough flexible cuticle onto that part of the skeleton which is moved by its muscles (Figs. 12, 13) [Warner, 1977]. Any cuticular ingrowth … Crustacea glossary
muscle — muscleless, adj. muscly, adj. /mus euhl/, n., v., muscled, muscling, adj. n. 1. a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body. 2. an organ, composed of muscle tissue, that contracts to produce a… … Universalium
Badisis ambulans — Taxobox name = Badisis ambulans status = NE status system = image caption = image width = 240px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Hexapoda classis = Insecta subclassis = Pterygota infraclassis = Neoptera superordo = Endopterygota| … Wikipedia
collum — n.; pl. colla [L. collum, neck] 1. The neck or collarlike structure. 2. (ARTHROPODA) The armoured tergite on the first segment behind the head in millipeds and pauropods that functions in locomotion. 3. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) a. The slender… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
Gliederfüßer — Beispiele fossiler und rezenter Arthropodengruppen: Trilobiten, Kieferklauenträger wie Seeskorpione und Spinnentiere, Krebstiere, Tausendfüßer und Sechsfüßer … Deutsch Wikipedia
posterior tentorial arms — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) The apodeme extending anteriad from the posterior tentorial pits of the head … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
endosternite — Mesodermal tendonous plate below anterior part of alimentary canal (e.g., Notostraca); also firm calcareous plate between nerve cord and alimentary canal in anterior part of thorax in some crabs [Moore and McCormick, 1969]. (Order Notostraca):… … Crustacea glossary
anatomical structure — noun a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing he has good bone structure • Syn: ↑structure, ↑complex body part, ↑bodily structure, ↑body structure • Hypernyms: ↑body part … Useful english dictionary
bodily structure — noun a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing he has good bone structure • Syn: ↑structure, ↑anatomical structure, ↑complex body part, ↑body structure • Hypernyms: ↑body part … Useful english dictionary
