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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> 181a ring <strong>of</strong> appendages, (many, 10 or 8), generally equippedwith adhesive structures, suckers or hooks.cephalopodium n. [Gr. kephale, head; pous, foot] (MOLL:Cephalopoda) The head region, consisting <strong>of</strong> head andarms.cephalopsin n. [Gr. kephale, head; ops, eye] A purple-likephotopigment found in the eyes <strong>of</strong> cephalopods and certainother invertebrates.cephalosome n. [Gr. kephale, head; soma, body] (ARTHRO)The head region <strong>of</strong> an arthropod; in crustaceans, this includesonly somites bearing maxillipeds or gnathopods, orboth.cephalostegite n. [Gr. kephale, head; stege, ro<strong>of</strong>] (ARTHRO:Crustacea) The anterior part <strong>of</strong> the cephalothoracic shield.cephalotheca n. [Gr. kephale, head; theke, case] (ARTHRO:Insecta) The head covering in a pupa.cephalothorax n. [Gr. kephale, head; thorax, chest] (ARTHRO)A descriptive term used for many arthropods indicating theanterior region <strong>of</strong> the body combining head and thorax;sometimes used to denote fusion with one or more <strong>of</strong> thethoracic segments, as in crustaceans and coccids; forarachnids, see prosoma.cephalotrocha larva (PLATY: Turbellaria) A polyclad turbellarianresembling a trochophore-like stage, but distinguishedfrom the trochophore by the possession <strong>of</strong> onepreoral and one postoral ciliated band; a young Muller'slarva.cephalous a. [Gr. kephale, head] Pertaining to the head.cephalula n. [Gr. dim. kephale, head] (BRACHIO) A freeswimmingembryonic stage.ceraceous a. [L. cera, wax] Waxy.cerago n. [L. cera, wax] Beebread.ceral a. [L. cera, wax] Of or pertaining to wax.cerambycoid larva (ARTHRO: Insecta) Flattened or cylindrical,naked, smooth and distinctly segmented larva, resemblingthose <strong>of</strong> Cerambycidae and some Buprestidae and Elateridae.

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