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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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240Maggenti and Gardnerstylets.corema, corematis n.; pl. -ata [Gr. korema, broom] (ARTHRO:Insecta) Paired eversible sacs <strong>of</strong> the ventro-lateral regions<strong>of</strong> certain male Lepidoptera, containing hairpencils orbrushes, functioning in phermone dispersal; Julien's organ.coreum see coriumcor frontale (ARTHRO: Crustacea) Special pulsating structureor accessory heart formed from enlargement <strong>of</strong> the anteriormedian artery in front <strong>of</strong> the triturating stomach in Malacostraca.coriaceous a. [L. corium, leather] Tough and leathery; <strong>of</strong>leathery texture.coring a. [L. cor, heart] (PORIF) A term used to describe thecontents <strong>of</strong> a fiber, either spicules or sand and spicule debristaken up by the sponge.corium n.; pl. -ria [L. corium, leather] (ARTHRO) 1. The membranes<strong>of</strong> the flecture areas (articular and intersegmentalmembranes) in segmented appendages. 2. The middle division<strong>of</strong> an elytron. corial a.cormidial orifice (BRYO: Gymnolaemata) Skeletal support forthe zooidal orifice produced by more than one zooid.cormidium n.; pl. cormidia [Gr. dim. kormos, trunk <strong>of</strong> a tree](CNID: Hydrozoa) A siphonophore gastrozooid with a tentacleand one or more gonophores <strong>of</strong> one sex; sensu stricto,cormidia are colonies within colonies. see eudoxome.Cormopoda see Bivalviacormopod(ite) see thoracopodcormus n. [Gr. kormos, trunk <strong>of</strong> a tree] 1. The body, colony,or polypary <strong>of</strong> a compound animal. 2. (ARTHRO: Crustacea)see thorax.cornea n.; pl. -neas [L. corneus, <strong>of</strong> horn] The transparent cuticlecovering the ommatidia <strong>of</strong> a compound eye. corneala.corneagen cells The epidermal cells that produce the cornea,and later produce the corneal pigment cells.corneagen layer That part <strong>of</strong> the epidermis extending beneath

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