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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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556Maggenti and Gardnermentum and the articulamentum in certain more highly developedliving species.mesotarsal ring see basitarsal ringmesotarsus n. [Gr. mesos, middle; tarsos, sole <strong>of</strong> foot] (AR-THRO: Insecta) The tarsus <strong>of</strong> the middle leg.mesotergum see mesonotummesothoracotheca n. [Gr. mesos, middle; thorax, chest;theke, case) (ARTHRO: Insecta) In pupal forms, the covering<strong>of</strong> the mesothorax.mesothorax n. [Gr. mesos, middle; thorax, chest] (ARTHRO:Insecta) The middle <strong>of</strong> the thoracic divisions.mesothyridid n. [Gr. mesos, middle; thyridos, a window](BRACHIO) Pedicle opening partly in the ventral umbo andpartly in the delthyrium, with beak ridges appearing to bisectthe opening.mesotriaene n. [Gr. mesos, middle; triaina, trident] (PORIF) Amegasclere triaene with a rhabd projecting on both sides <strong>of</strong>a cladome.mesotroch n. [Gr. mesos, middle; trochos, wheel] (ANN: Polychaeta)A ciliated band around the midbody <strong>of</strong> a marineannelid.Mesozoa, mesozoans n.; n.pl. [Gr. mesos, middle; zoon,animal] Ciliated, multicellular organisms, endoparasitic in avariety <strong>of</strong> marine invertebrates; two layered, having noskeletal, muscular, nervous, digestive, respiratory, or excretoryelements.mesozona n. [Gr. mesos, middle; zone, belt] (ARTHRO: Insecta)The middle portion <strong>of</strong> the pronotum. see prozona.metabiosis n. [Gr. meta, between; bios, life] A condition <strong>of</strong> lifewhere an organism precedes and prepares the environmentfor another organism, inducing an exchange <strong>of</strong> growthfactors beneficial among species.metablastic see ectodermmetabola n. [Gr. metabole, change] (ARTHRO: Insecta) Specieshaving distinct external changes during the stages <strong>of</strong> theirlife history. see paurometabola, hemimetabola,holometabola.

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