caudal filament

caudal filament
See: caudal ramus [Martin, 2005].

Crustacea glossary. . 2011.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • caudal filament — a thin, flexible, filamentous extension of the caudal fin tip of Chimaeridae …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • caudal ramus — One of paired appendages constituting caudal furca, usually rodlike or bladelike, sometimes filamentous and multiarticular. (Syn. caudal filament, caudal style, cercus, cercopod, furcal ramus, stylet) [McLaughlin, 1980]. Single appendage of… …   Crustacea glossary

  • 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

  • neuropteran — /noo rop teuhr euhn, nyoo /, adj. 1. neuropterous. n. 2. Also, neuropteron. a neuropterous insect. [1835 45; < NL Neuropter(a), neut. pl. of neuropterus (see NEUROPTEROUS) + AN] * * * ▪ insect Introduction       any of a group of insects commonly …   Universalium

  • SL — abbreviation for standard length the measurement from the most anterior tip of the body to the midlateral posterior edge of the hypural plate (in fish with a hypural plate) or to the posterior end of the vertebral column (in fish lacking hypural… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • standard length — the measurement from the most anterior tip of the body to the midlateral posterior edge of the hypural plate (in fish with a hypural plate) or to the posterior end of the vertebral column (in fish lacking hypural plates). It may be restricted to… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • Cornetfish — Temporal range: 33–0 Ma …   Wikipedia

  • Pale ghost shark — Taxobox name = Pale ghost shark image caption = Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Chondrichthyes subclassis = Holocephali ordo = Chimaeriformes familia = Chimaeridae genus = Hydrolagus species = H. bemisi… …   Wikipedia

  • alacercus — n. [L. ala, a wing; Gr. kerkos, tail] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) The caudal filament; the middle cercus when three are present …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • Insect morphology — Legend of body parts Tagmata : A Head, B Thorax, C Abdomen. 1. antenna 2. ocelli (lower) 3. ocelli (upper) 4. compound eye 5. brain (cerebral ganglia) 6. prothorax …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”