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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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<strong>Online</strong> <strong>Dictionary</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Invertebrate</strong> <strong>Zoology</strong> 155Bearing gills imperceptible from the exterior.calyptodomous a. [Gr. kalyptos, covered; L. domus, house](ARTHRO: Insecta) Pertains to nests, especially <strong>of</strong> socialwasps, in which brood combs are surrounded by an envelope.see gymnodomous.calyptopis stage (ARTHRO: Crustacea) In Euphausiacea, thethird larval stage characterized by differentiation <strong>of</strong> abdomenand appearance <strong>of</strong> compound eyes. see zoea.calyptostase n. [Gr. kalyptos, covered; stasis, standing] (AR-THRO: Chelicerata) A stase in which acarine instars aresubject to regressive characters from losing the use <strong>of</strong> appendagesand mouthparts, to remaining enclosed in thetegument <strong>of</strong> the preceding stase or in the egg-shell; nymphochrysalis.calyptostasic a. see protelattosis, elattostase.calyptra n. [Gr. kalypto, cover] A hood or cap. see alula.Calyptratae n. [Gr. kalyptos, covered] The Calyptrate Muscoidae<strong>of</strong> former classifications, including Tachinidae, Metopiidae,Muscidae, Oestridae and Cuterebridae. see Muscoidea(=Calyptratae).calyptron see calypterescalyx n.; pl. -yxes, -ycis, -yces [Gr. kalyx, cup] 1. Any cuplikearea into which structures are set. 2. (ARTHRO: Insecta)a. A flattened cap <strong>of</strong> neuropile in an insect brain, acomponent <strong>of</strong> the corpus pedunculatum. b. In certain femaleinsects, an expansion <strong>of</strong> the oviduct into which theovarioles open. c. In male Lepidoptera, a funnel-shapedexpansion <strong>of</strong> the basal part <strong>of</strong> the vas deferens. 3. (CNID:Anthozoa) The spicules containing the basal portion <strong>of</strong> theanthocodium <strong>of</strong> some s<strong>of</strong>t corals; calice. 4. (ECHINOD: Crinoidea)The body disk that is covered with a leatherytegumen containing calcareous plates.camarodont lantern (ECHINOD) When the large epiphyses arefused across the top <strong>of</strong> each pyramid <strong>of</strong> Aristotle's lantern.camera n. [L. camera, chamber] (ARTHRO: Insecta) a. Curvednarrow sclerite that supports the paired lobes <strong>of</strong> thearolium. b. A curved band <strong>of</strong> cuticle supporting the proximalend <strong>of</strong> a pulvillus.

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