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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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100Maggenti and Gardneraureole n. [L. aurum, gold] A circlet <strong>of</strong> color that dissipatesoutwardly.auricle n. [L. auricula, little ear] 1. Any ear-shaped structureor small lobe-like appendage. 2. An atrium or chamber <strong>of</strong>the heart. 3. (ARTHRO: Insecta) a. In Hymenoptera, a flatplate forming a part <strong>of</strong> the pollen basket or corbicula <strong>of</strong>honeybees. b. In Anisoptera, ventrolateral outgrowths <strong>of</strong>tergum two; oreillets. 4. (CTENO) In Lobata, the four ciliated,delicate lobes projecting from the equatorial level. 5.(MOLL) a. Paired chambers that receive blood from eachside <strong>of</strong> the body. b. In Bivalvia, an earlike protuberance onthe dorsal part <strong>of</strong> the shell. 6. (PLATY: Turbellaria) A bluntlateral chemical receptor. 7. (ROTIF) Paired ciliated lateralcoronal projections that aid in swimming. auricular a.auricular crura (MOLL: Bivalvia) Internal, blunt ridges swellingdistally to form low tubercles.auricularia larva (ECHINOD: Holothuroidea) A free-swimmingbilaterally symmetrical larva characterized by the main ciliatedband being increased in length due to sinuosity. seedipleurula.auricular sulcus (MOLL: Bivalvia) A furrow demarcating theauricle from the shell.auricular valve 1. A mechanism that controls the flow <strong>of</strong> bloodin various invertebrates. 2. (ARTHRO: Insecta) Pouches withincurrent ostioles in the heart that prevent the backflow orescape <strong>of</strong> hemolymph from this vessel.auriculate a. [L. auricula, little ear] Bearing an auricle or auricles.auriculate antennae (ARTHRO: Insecta) An antenna with basaljoints expanded into an ear-like cover.auriculo-openings see ostiumauriculo-ventricular a. [L. auricula, little ear; dim. venter,belly] (ARTHRO: Insecta) The outer valves <strong>of</strong> the heart betweenthe auricle and the chamber.auriform a. [L. auris, ear; forma, shape] Ear-shaped.aurophore n. [L. auris, ear; phoreus, bearer] (CNID: Hydrozoa)In siphonophores, a portion <strong>of</strong> the float or pneumato-

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