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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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482Maggenti and Gardnerspoke] 1. Area between radii or perradii in radially symmetricalanimals. 2. (CNID) The second radius.interramal a. [L. inter, between; ramus, branch] Between tworami.interramal cirrus (ANN: Polychaeta) Cirrus on the ventral side<strong>of</strong> the notopodium.interrugal a. [L. inter, between; ruga, wrinkle] Between rugae.interrupted a. [L. inter, between; rumpere, to break] Irregular;asymmetrical; broken in continuity.interscutal a. [L. inter, between; scutum, shield] Betweenscuta.intersegmental a. [L. inter, between; segmentum, part] Betweensegments.intersegmental furrow (ANN: Oligochaeta) In pigmented species<strong>of</strong> earthworms, the boundary between two consecutivesegments where epidermis is thinnest and color is lacking.intersegmental groove (ANN: Oligochaeta) In earthworms, acircumferential depression <strong>of</strong> strongly contracted specimensthat contains the intersegmental furrow.intersegmentalia n.pl.; sing. -lium [L. inter, between; segmentum,part] (ARTHRO: Insecta) 1. Dorsal and ventralplates associated with narrow intersegmental scleriteswhich develop in the intersegmental folds. 2. Setiferous areasassociated with the mesothoracic spiracles in scarabbeetles.intersegmental membrane (ARTHRO: Insecta) The flexibleconjunctiva between two secondary segments where contraction<strong>of</strong> the longitudinal muscles produce telescoping <strong>of</strong>the segments.interseptal a. [L. inter, between; septum, wall] Spaces betweensepta.intersex n. [L. inter, between; sexus, sex] An individual possessingboth male and female characteristics; sex mosaic.see hermaphrodite.intersomitic a. [L. inter, between; Gr. soma, body] Betweenbody segments or somites.

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