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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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696Maggenti and Gardnerturn] Multiple phenotypic effects <strong>of</strong> a single gene.pleomere see abdominal somitepleometrosis n. [Gr. pleion, more; metros, mother] (ARTHRO:Insecta) A colony containing two or more fertilized egglayingfemales (queens); social colony foundation; monometrosis;polygyny. pleometrotic a. see primary/periodicalpleometrosis, permanent pleometrosis,temporary pleometrosis, secondary pleometrosis,haplometrosis.pleomorphic see pleiomorphicpleomorphism see pleiomorphismpleon, pleonites see abdomenpleonic hinges (ARTHRO: Crustacea) In Decapoda, mid-lateralhinges that lock together the pleural somites.pleophyletic see polyphyleticpleopod n. [Gr. plein, to swim; pous, foot] (ARTHRO: Crustacea)In Malacostraca, paired appendages <strong>of</strong> any <strong>of</strong> the first5-6 somites, adapted for swimming; swimmeret.pleotelson n. [Gr. plein, to swim; telson, limit] (ARTHRO:Crustacea) The telson and one or more abdominal somitescombined by fusion.plerergate see repleteplerocercoid n. [Gr. pleres, full; kerkos, tail; eidos, like](PLATY: Cestoda) An elongate metacestode developed froma procercoid.plerocercoid stage (PLATY: Cestoda) A third-stage larva <strong>of</strong>Pseudophyllidea and Proteocephalidea with a solid body.plerocercus stage (PLATY: Cestoda) In Trypanorhyncha, ametacestode in which the posterior forms a bladder (blastocyst)into which the rest <strong>of</strong> the body withdraws.plerocestoid n. [Gr. pleres, full; kestos, girdle; eidos, like](PLATY: Cestoda) The stage emerging from an oncospherethat upon development is known as a metacestode.plesioasters n.pl. [Gr. plesios, near; aster, star] (PORIF)Streptasters with few spines from a very short axis.plesiobiosis n. [Gr. plesios, near; biosis, manner <strong>of</strong> life] 1. A

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