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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> 507lateral a. [L. latus, side] 1. Of or pertaining to the side; situatedat, coming from, or directed towards. 2. (ARTHRO:Crustacea) In Cirripedia, one <strong>of</strong> a pair <strong>of</strong> compartmentalplates, typically located between the carinolateral and rostrum;latus or median latus.lateral abdominal gills (ARTHRO: Insecta) In a few genera <strong>of</strong>Odonata, filamentous (or true abdominal appendages) oneither side <strong>of</strong> the 2nd to 7th or 8th abdominal segments.lateral ala (NEMATA) Lateral longitudinal expansions or incisures.lateral apodeme see endopleuritelateral bar (ARTHRO: Crustacea) In Acrothoracica, one <strong>of</strong> a pair<strong>of</strong> external chitinous thickenings, extending from the aperturalthickenings medially down each side <strong>of</strong> the mantlesac.lateral carina (ARTHRO: Crustacea) In Conchostraca, a narrowridge on the side margin <strong>of</strong> the carapace.lateral cilia (MOLL: Polyplacophora) Cilia on the flat surfaces <strong>of</strong>the leaflets <strong>of</strong> the ctenidia.lateral comb (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Diptera, lateral spines orscales on the eighth abdominal segment <strong>of</strong> mosquito larvae.lateral commissures 1. (ANN) Commissural blood vessels. 2.(NEMATA) Dorso- or ventro-lateral nerves connecting gangliaand major dorsal or ventral nerves.lateral cups (ARTHRO: Crustacea) Paired elements <strong>of</strong> the naupliuseye; absent in malacostracans.lateral denticle (ARTHRO: Crustacea) In Stomatopoda, smallprojection at the base <strong>of</strong> each lateral tooth on the terminalabdominal segment.lateral facials (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Diptera, one or more bristleson each side <strong>of</strong> the face below and toward the eye.lateral field see lateral line, lateral ridgelateral filaments (ARTHRO: Insecta) Cerci on the margins <strong>of</strong>the abdomen in some aquatic larvae.lateral frontal organs (ARTHRO: Insecta) In most Apterygota,

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