Appendages
71skeleton — skeletonless, adj. skeletonlike, adj. /skel i tn/, n. 1. Anat., Zool. the bones of a human or an animal considered as a whole, together forming the framework of the body. 2. any of various structures forming a rigid framework in an invertebrate.… …
72Laurales — ▪ plant order Introduction the Laurel order of flowering plants, containing 7 families, 91 genera, and about 2,900 species. Members of Laurales are trees, shrubs, or woody vines. Most are found in tropical or warm temperate climates, and they… …
73mandible — 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… …
74metanauplius — A stage of development between the nauplius and calyptopis in euphausiids. A vestigial abdomen is present [Mauchline, 1984]. Developmental stage following the nauplius larval stage and bearing the same three appendages but having additional body… …
75pereon — Anterior portion of trunk with thoracopods, exclusive of maxillipedal somites and appendages. (Syn. paraeon, pereion) [McLaughlin, 1980]. Term referring to the free (unfused) thoracomeres posterior to the maxilliped bearing thoracomeres in… …
76Beetle — Beetles redirects here. For the band, see The Beatles. For the car, see Volkswagen Beetle. This article is about the insect. For other uses, see Beetle (disambiguation). Beetle Temporal range: 318–0 Ma …
77Prawn — For other uses, see Prawn (disambiguation). Dendrobranchiata Temporal range: Famennian–Recent …
78Doctor Octopus — This article is about the first Doctor Octopus, Otto Octavius. For the second Doctor Octopus, see Lady Octopus. Doctor Octopus Doctor Octopus drawn by John Romita Jr. Publication information …
79Malacostraca — Temporal range: Cambrian–Recent …
80Appendage — In invertebrate biology, an appendage is an external body part, or natural prolongation, that protrudes from an organism s body (in verterbrate biology, an example would be a vertebrate s limbs). It is a general term that covers any of the… …
