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• acron — Anteriormost part of body carrying eyes, not considered to be true cephalic somite. (Syn. ophthalmic somite, presegmental region. (Some authors recognize as protocephalon anterior part of head) [Moore and McCormick, 1969]. Anteriormost part of… …   Crustacea glossary

• majid seta — Anteriormost, usually prominent, submarginal seta on carapace postereio lateral margin of oxyrhynch zoeae. Identified as a pappose type in species studied [Ingle, 1992] …   Crustacea glossary

• thorax — Anteriormost division of the crustacean trunk [Brusca and Brusca, 2002]. Middle body region of eight somites bearing maxillipeds and pereopods [Poore, 2004]. see Cephalothorax [Butler, T.H.]. Tagma between cephalon and abdomen comprising anterior …   Crustacea glossary

• morphometric character — a measurement of a body part, e.g. head length; a character based on measurement. In fish, measurements are taken on a straight line basis, not around the curve of the body with the exception of such measurements specifically intended to measure… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• mandible — Most anterodorsally situated of gnathal appendages; one, of a pair, of heavily calcified jaws; the teeth. [Hobbs and Jass, 1988]. On of the heavily calcified jaws lying anterior to (beneath, in ventral view) the other mouth parts but visible in… …   Crustacea glossary

• protocephalon — See: acron [Martin, 2005]. Anteriormost part of the body bearing eyes [Perez Farfante and Kensley, 1997]. See: acron [McLaughlin, 1980]. (Order Decapoda): Term applied to anteriormost region of head (cephalon), especially when this is free of… …   Crustacea glossary

• cephalon — A term that refers to the head of a crustacean [Brusca and Brusca, 2002]. Anterior region of the body bearing the antennules, antennae, eyes, mandibles, maxillules, and maxillae [Holdich and Jones, 1983]. Anteriormost tagma, bearing eyes, mouth,… …   Crustacea glossary

• Corpus callosum — For the two films with this name, see Corpus Callosum (2002) and Corpus Callosum (2007) Brain: Corpus callosum Corpus callosum from above. (Anterior portion is at the top of the image.) …   Wikipedia

• Promontory (disambiguation) — Promontory may refer to: *Promontory, a prominent mass of land which overlooks lower lying land or a body of water *Promontory, Utah, the location where the United States first Transcontinental Railroad was completed *Sacral promontory, in… …   Wikipedia

• Rummy-nose tetra — Taxobox name = Rummy Nose Tetra image width = 250px image caption = Rummy nose tetra regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Characiformes familia = Characidae subfamilia = incertae sedis genus = Hemigrammus species =… …   Wikipedia