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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> 717posterodorsal margin (MOLL: Bivalvia) The margin <strong>of</strong> the dorsalpart <strong>of</strong> the shell posterior to the beaks.posterolateral a. [L. posterus, following; latus, side] Posteriorlyand toward the side.postesophageal commissure (ARTHRO: Insecta) The commissurethat joins the tritocerebral lobes <strong>of</strong> the brain andpasses beneath the stomodeum; tritocerebral commissure.postesophageal loop (SIPUN) An extra loop in the foregut <strong>of</strong>species <strong>of</strong> Sipunculus and some Xenosiphon.post-fibers (ARTHRO: Crustacea) In Decapoda, giant nerve fibersin crayfish that supply the deep parts <strong>of</strong> the abdominalflexors and are responsible for escape reaction. see pre-fibers.postfrenum, postfroenum see postscutellumpostfrons n. [L. post, after; furca, fork] (ARTHRO: Insecta)That portion <strong>of</strong> the frons posterior to the antennary baseline.postfrontal ridge (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Culicidae, an apodemeexternally differentiated by the postfrontal suture.postfrontal suture (ARTHRO: Insecta) Facial sutures presentoccurring above the lateral ocelli and extending laterad <strong>of</strong>the antennal bases.postfurca n. [L. post, after; furca, fork] (ARTHRO: Insecta) Theforked sternal process or apodeme <strong>of</strong> the metathorax.postgena n.; pl. -ae [L. post, after; gena, cheek] (ARTHRO:Insecta) A sclerite on the posterior lateral surface <strong>of</strong> thehead. postgenal a.posthumeral bristle (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Diptera, one ormore bristle(s) on the anterolateral surface <strong>of</strong> themesonotum; near the inner edge <strong>of</strong> the humeral callus.postlabium see postmentumpostlarval stage (ARTHRO: Crustacea) A developmental stageafter completion <strong>of</strong> the megalopal or equivalent metamorphosis,differentiated by appearance <strong>of</strong> adult characters.postmandibular area (BRYO) Membranous part <strong>of</strong> the frontalwall on which the mandibular muscles insert.

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