sclerite

sclerite
(Order Isopoda):
Term occasionally applied to any one of several, difficult to identify, proximal segments of mouthparts [Stachowitsch, 1992].
(Subclass Copepoda):
A hardened area of cuticle in the exoskeleton [Boxshall and Halsey, 2004].
(Class Ostracoda):
Internal chitinous struts supporting body and limbs [Cohen, Peterson, and Maddocks, in press].

Crustacea glossary. . 2011.

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