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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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662Maggenti and Gardnerprocess <strong>of</strong> meiosis. see acrosyndesis.paratenic host A host harboring a parasite that does not underg<strong>of</strong>urther development and is generally <strong>of</strong> ecologic advantagein the disease cycle.paratergite see laterotergiteparathyridium n.; pl. -dia [Gr. para, beside; dim. thyris, window](BRACHIO) Deep indentation <strong>of</strong> both valves on eitherside <strong>of</strong> the beak; most pronounced in the dorsal valve.paratomy n. [Gr. para, beside; tomos, cut] (ANN) Designatingthe reproduction by fission with regeneration following preparatoryinternal tissue reorganization. see architomy.paratopotype n. [Gr. para, beside; topos, place; typos, type]A paratype recovered from the same locality as the holotype.paratroch see telotrochparatrophic a. [Gr. para, beside; trophe, food] Deriving foodparasitically.paratype n. [Gr. para, beside; typos, shape] A specimen collectedat the same time as the holotype and was so designatedor indicated by the original author.parauterine organ see paruterine organparaxial a. [Gr. para, beside; L. axis, axle] 1. To move parallelto the body axis. 2. par-axial (ARTHRO: Chelicerata) In spiders,pertaining to chelicerae with the paturon projectingforward with the fangs moving in a downward direction.see di-axial.paraxial organs (ARTHRO: Chelicerata) Special gland pocketsthat produce the spermatophores <strong>of</strong> male Scorpions.paraxon n. [Gr. para, beside; axon, axle] The collateral branch<strong>of</strong> an axon.Parazoa n. [Gr. para, beside; zoon, animal] A subkingdomcontaining Porifera; the sponges.parazoeal a. [Gr. para, beside; zoe, life] (ARTHRO: Crustacea)In Bathynellacea, postembryological development (larval)phase, quite <strong>of</strong>ten completed in the egg.parcidentate a. [L. parcus, sparing; dens, tooth] Having few

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