Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology 455hypermeric a. [Gr. hyper, above; meros, part] (ANN: Oligochaeta)Said of regenerate earthworms, which reproducemore segments than originally removed. hypermery n.see hypomeric.hypermetamorphosis n. [Gr. hyper, above; meta, after;morphosis, forming] 1. In the broad sense, refers tochange of form throughout the life history. 2. (ARTHRO: Insecta)A type of metamorphosis development in which differentlarval insect instars have markedly dissimilar bodyforms. see heteromorphous.hyperparasite n. [Gr. hyper, above; parasitos, one who eatsat the table of another] An organism parasitic upon anotherparasite.hyperplasia n. [Gr. hyper, above; plasis, a molding] An increasein the number of functional units of an organ (organelle,cell, tissue). hyperplasic a. see hypertrophy.hyperploid a. [Gr. hyper, above; aploos, onefold] Cells or individualshaving more chromosomes (or segments) than thecharacteristic euploid number. see hypoploid, aneuploid,monoploid, polyploid.hyperpneustic a. [Gr. hyper, above; pneustikos, of breathing](ARTHRO: Insecta) In some Diplura, pertaining to thegreater number of thoracic spiracles.hyperstomial ooecium (BRYO) An ooecium that rests on or ispartly embedded in the distal zooid with opening above theoperculum of the mother zooid.hyperstrophic a. [Gr. hyper, above; strophe, twist] (MOLL:Gastropoda) In dextrally organized gastropods, characterizedby genitalia on right, but shell falsely sinistral, beingactually ultradextral, or vice versa.hypertely n. [Gr. hyper, above; telos, completion] Ornamentationor coloration without apparent purpose.hypertrichy n. [Gr. hyper, above; trichos, hair] Presence ofsetae in greater numbers than those present in its naturalgroup of invertebrates. see holotrichy.hypertrophy n. [Gr. hyper, above; trophe, nourishment] Theenlargement of an organ due to the increase in the size ofits constituent cells. see atrophy.