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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> 267swimming larva with a triangular pr<strong>of</strong>ile and strongly compressedlaterally; most <strong>of</strong> the body is enclosed by a bivalveshell.cyphopod n. [Gr. kyphos, bent; pous, foot] (ARTHRO: Diplopoda)In Julidae, large, sclerotized bases <strong>of</strong> aborted appendagesbehind the second pair <strong>of</strong> legs.cyphosomatic a. [Gr. kyphos, bent; soma, body] (ARTHRO:Insecta) Pertaining to larvae with the dorsal surface curvedand the ventral surface straight or flat.cypraeiform a. [L. Cypris, Venus; forma, shape] Oval, rolledinward from each side.cyprid n. [L. Cypris, Venus] (ARTHRO: Crustacea) In somerhizocephalan barnacles, larval stage after cypris and beforekentrogon.cypris n. [L. Cypris, Venus] (ARTHRO: Crustacea) In bivalvebarnacles, the nonfeeding larval stage prior to metamorphosisinto the cyprid, kentrogon and adult stage, sonamed because <strong>of</strong> its resemblance to the ostracod genusCypris.cyrenoid type see corbiculoid teethcyrtoconic a. [Gr. kyrtos, curved; konos, cone] Cone-shaped.cyrtoconoid a. [Gr. kyrtos, curved; konos, cone; eidos, like]Approaching a cone in shape, but with convex sides. seeconoid, coeloconoid.cyrtocyte n. [Gr. kyrtos, curved; kytos, container] Protonephridialsystem with a fenestrated area in the basalpart <strong>of</strong> the nephridial canal in many groups <strong>of</strong> invertebrates.cyrtopia n. [Gr. kyrtos, curved; ops, eye] (ARTHRO: Crustacea)In Euphausiacea, the fifth larval stage in which the antennabecomes modified and ceases to serve in locomotion andposterior legs and gills appear.cyst n. [Gr. kystis, bladder] 1. A small sac, capsule or bladderlikestructure. 2. A protective covering formed about an organismduring unfavorable conditions or reproduction. 3.(NEMATA: Secernentea) The tanned cuticle <strong>of</strong> certain maturefemale nematodes (Heterodera or Globodera) in which

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