13.07.2015 Views

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

150Maggenti and Gardneron the ventral margin for the passage <strong>of</strong> the byssus fromthe byssal gland.byssal sinus (MOLL: Bivalvia) Corresponds to the byssal notch<strong>of</strong> the right valve, but shallower and on the left valve in thePectinacea.byssus n.; pl. byssi, byssuses [L. byssos, fine flax] 1. (MOLL:Bivalvia) Fibers or small bundles <strong>of</strong> silky threads by whichthey anchor themselves to the substratum; beard. 2.(NEMATA: Adenophorea) A series <strong>of</strong> elaborately branchedprojections at the poles <strong>of</strong> mermithid eggs, by which theyattach to plants.

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!