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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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432Maggenti and Gardnerthe water and dies after spawning. see epitoky.heteronereis see epitokyheteronomous a. [Gr. heteros, different; nomos, usage] Havingunlike segments; differing in development or function.heteronomous hyperparasitoid (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Hymenoptera,a species in Adelinidae in which the female developsas a hyperparasitoid <strong>of</strong> one host, while the male developsas a normal parasitoid on another host; an adelphoparasite.see diaphagous parasitoid, heterotrophicparasitoid.heteronomous parasitoid (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Hymenopteraspecies Aphelinidae, a parasitoid exhibiting heteronomy.heteronomous segmentation Relative dissimilarity and specialization<strong>of</strong> certain body segments. see homonomous.heteronychia n. [Gr. heteros, different; onyx, claw] (ARTHRO:Chelicerata) One or more legs with a different number <strong>of</strong>claws than the other legs in a particular mite stase.heteropalpi n.pl. [Gr. heteros, different; L. palpus, feeler](ARTHRO: Insecta) Palpi that differ in number <strong>of</strong> segmentsbetween male and female.heteroparthenogenesis n. [Gr. heteros, different; parthenos,virgin; genesis, beginning] Cyclic parthenogenesis.heteroploid a. [Gr. heteros, different; aploos, onefold; eidos,form] Designating a chromosome number deviating fromthe somatic number characteristic <strong>of</strong> the species; chromosomenumbers may be either euploid or aneuploid.heteropod a. [Gr. heteros, different; pous, foot] (MOLL: Gastropoda)Pertains to pelagic snails with a compressed footadapted for swimming.heteropycnosis, heteropyknosis n. [Gr. heteros, different;pyknos, dense] Certain chromosomes or regions <strong>of</strong> chromosomesthat are out <strong>of</strong> phase in their coiling cycle andstaining properties. heteropycnotic, heteropyknotic a.heterorhabdic a. [Gr. heteros, different; rhabdos, rod] (MOLL:Bivalvia) Pertaining to plicate lamellibranchiate gill in whichthe filament in the bottom <strong>of</strong> the depression between twosuccessive plicae is longer than the other filaments. see

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