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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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164Maggenti and Gardnerfrom the upper angle <strong>of</strong> the coelomic sac to form the heartand dorsal blood vessel.cardiocoelom n. [Gr. kardia, heart; koilos, hollow] The coelomthat forms the pericardium.cardiocoelomic a. [Gr. kardia, heart; koilos, hollow] Pertainingto the venous openings from the heart to the body cavity.cardo n., pl. cardines [L. cardo, hinge] 1. A hinge or turningpoint. 2. (ARTHRO) a. A basal segment or division <strong>of</strong> themaxillary appendage. b. In Diplopoda, seen externally asthe basal cheek lobe. 3. (MOLL: Bivalvia) The hinge.cardosubmental a. [L. cardo, hinge; sub, under; mentum,chin] (ARTHRO: Insecta) Pertaining to the cardo and thesubmentum.caridean lobe (ARTHRO: Crustacea) In caridean shrimps, anexternal rounded projection on the basal part <strong>of</strong> the exopod<strong>of</strong> the first maxilliped.caridoid facies (ARTHRO: Crustacea) A group <strong>of</strong> charactersthat distinguish primitive eumalacostracan crustaceans:enclosure <strong>of</strong> the thorax by the carapace, movable stalkedeyes, biramous antennules, antennae with scaphocerites,thoracopods with natatory exopods, ventrally flexed abdomen,and caudal fan.carina n., pl. -nae [L. carina, keel] 1. Any keel-like structureor elevated ridge. 2. (ARTHRO: Crustacea) a. A well definedprojecting ridge on the outer surface <strong>of</strong> the carapace <strong>of</strong> podocopanostracods. b. The unpaired posteriodorsal plate <strong>of</strong>thoracic barnacles; in lepadomorphs, l <strong>of</strong> up to 4 unpairedplates <strong>of</strong> the capitulum; in verrucomorphs, the compartmentalplate between the rostrum and fixed tergum; inbalanomorphs, compartmental plate, with alae on eachside, opposite the rostrum. 3. (ARTHRO: Insecta) a. A form<strong>of</strong> sharp distal cornuti <strong>of</strong> the genitalia <strong>of</strong> certain male Lepidoptera.b. For Othroptera see frontal costa. c. The fusedventral outer wall <strong>of</strong> the aedeagus <strong>of</strong> male fleas. 4. (BRYO)The median ridge on the zoarium surface. carinal a.carinal latus (ARTHRO: Crustacea) The plate on each side <strong>of</strong>the carina <strong>of</strong> a lepadomorph barnacle.

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