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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology 379bellar sclerite.furcae maxillares see superlinguaefurcal arms see sternal apophysesfurcal ramus see caudal ramusfurcapectinae see pectinafurcasternal suture (ARTHRO: Insecta) In pterygote insects,the internal median longitudinal line formed at the point ofmeeting the mesopleurosternal ridges of opposite sides andconfluent with the mesosternal ridge.furcasternum n. [L. furca, fork; sternum, breast] (ARTHRO:Insecta) 1. In apterygote insects, that area of the thoracicsternum separated from the basisternum by the sternacosta.2. In pterygote insects, the bases of the sternalapophyses form the furca, the sternacosta is lost, and theseparation of the basisternum and furcasternum is usuallyobscure.furcate a. [L. furca, fork] Forked; having two divergentbranches from a common base.furcate plates see pectinafurcella see spinafurcilia n. [L. dim. furca, fork] (ARTHRO: Crustacea) InEuphausiacea, the larval stage following the calyptopis(mysis type) with stalked and movable compound eyes andwith thoracic and abdominal appendages; antennae notused for locomotion.furcina n. [L. dim. furca, fork] (ARTHRO: Insecta) The outersurface of the sternum bearing an invaginated furca. seefurcasternal suture.furcocercous cercariae (PLATY: Trematoda) Cercariae withforked tails into which the body is not retractable; dividedinto several groups: 1. Bucephalus group (includinggasterostomes). 2. Lophocercous group (apharyngeate,monostome cercariae). 3. Apharyngeate or ocellate group.4. Pharyngeate, nonocellate group. 5. Suckerless apharyngeategroup.furcocystocercous cercariae see cysticercariae cercariae