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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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552Maggenti and Gardnerall animals above the Cnidaria.mesodermal tube The dorsal blood vessel; heart.mesodont a. [Gr. mesos, middle; odous, tooth] (ARTHRO: Insecta)Pertaining to male Lucanidae bearing mandibles intermediatein size; amphiodont. see teleodont, priodont.meso-epinotal suture (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Formicidae, thetransverse seam separating the mesonotum from the epinotum.mesoepisternum see mesepisternummes<strong>of</strong>acial plate see facemes<strong>of</strong>auna see mesobiotames<strong>of</strong>urca see furcamesogastric lobe/area (ARTHRO: Crustacea) In Decapoda,the medial division <strong>of</strong> the gastric region <strong>of</strong> the carapace;usually five-sided in outline with a long narrow forwardprojection.mesogloea n. [Gr. mesos, middle; gloios, glutinous] A thin tovery thick, acellular to rather cellular, gelatinous connectivetissue between the inner and the outer layers <strong>of</strong> a two-layeredanimal.mesohyl n. [Gr. mesos, middle; hyle, matter] (PORIF) Thespace lying between the pinacoderm and the choanoderm.mesolamella n. [Gr. mesos, middle; L. dim. lamina, layer] Athin mesogloeal layer between epidermis and gastrodermisin Cnidaria and Porifera.mesolecithal egg Eggs with moderate yolk content. see centrolecithalegg.mesology see ecologymesomere n. [Gr. mesos, middle; meros, part] 1. A blastomere<strong>of</strong> medium size. 2. A mesoblastic somite. 3. Centralzone <strong>of</strong> coelomic pouches in an embryo. 4. (ARTHRO: Insecta)The inner divisions <strong>of</strong> the phallic lobes that unite t<strong>of</strong>orm the aedeagus (the intromittent organ).mesomerites n.pl. [Gr. mesos, middle; meros, part; -ites,having nature <strong>of</strong>] (ARTHRO: Diplopoda) Modified 9 pair <strong>of</strong>limbs; together with 8 pair (promerites) <strong>of</strong> limbs function-

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