Crustacea glossary. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 2011.
gonapophysis — (plural gonapophyses)) the enlarged haemal arches articulating with the gonopodium in Poeciliidae and Horaichthyidae … Dictionary of ichthyology
gonapophysis — n.; pl. yses [Gr. gone, that which produces seed; apo, from; phyein, to grow] 1. (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) In male Syncarida, a median process from the base of the first or second pleopod. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) a. The slender curving processes… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
gonapophysis — gon·apophysis … English syllables
gonapophysis — |gän+ noun (plural gonapophyses) Etymology: New Latin, from gon + apophysis : an organ or process of the anal region of an insect that serves in copulation, oviposition, or stinging used chiefly of such structures when paired and regarded as… … Useful english dictionary
gonapophyses — plural of gonapophysis … Dictionary of ichthyology
gonangulum — n. [Gr. gone, that which produces seed; L. angulus, angle] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) A small sclerite attached to the base of the first gonapophysis articulating with the second gonocoxa and the tergum of segment 9 in Lepisma; in others fused with… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
petasma — A complex genital structure attached to the mesial margins of the protopodites of the first pair of pleopods in male penaeidean shrimps [Chace and Hobbs, 1969]. Abdominal appendage modified as gonapophysis in males of some eucarids, syncarids,… … Crustacea glossary
Gonapophyse — Die Gonapophysen oder Valvulae (Valven) sind paarige Anhängsel am 8. und 9. Hinterleibssegment von Insekten. Sie sind ein Teil des Eilegeapparats[1] (Ovipositor) und dienen entsprechend ursprünglich zur Eiablage. Bei vielen Insekten werden die… … Deutsch Wikipedia
gonocoxite — ˌgänəˈkäkˌsīt noun ( s) Etymology: gon + Latin coxa hip + English ite : the inner segment of a gonapophysis … Useful english dictionary
