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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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744Maggenti and Gardnertaries.protocoel n. [Gr. protos, first; koilos, hollow] (BRYO) The anteriorsection <strong>of</strong> the coelomic cavity; in Phylactolaemata,assumed to be the cavity <strong>of</strong> the epistome.protoconch n. [Gr. protos, first; konche, shell] (MOLL: Gastropoda)The embryonic shell <strong>of</strong> a univalve, indicated by theapical whorls <strong>of</strong> the adult shell being clearly demarcatedfrom later ones. see prodissoconch.protocooperation n. [Gr. protos, first; cum, with; operari, towork] Interactions between 2 populations that is favorableto both, but is not obligatory.protocorm n. [Gr. protos, first; kormos, trunk] (ARTHRO: Insecta)A long narrow 'tail' in the developing egg from whichthe trunk segments <strong>of</strong> insects form; primary trunk region.protocormic a.protodichthadiigyne n. [Gr. protos, first; dichthadios, double;gyne, woman] (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Doryline Hymenoptera,a fertile intermediate between ergatoid and dichthadiigyne.protogastric lobe/area (ARTHRO: Crustacea) In Decapoda, amedian part anterior to the cervical groove and posterior tothe frontal region.protogyne n. [Gr. protos, first; gyne, woman] A female thatresembles the male <strong>of</strong> the same species; a normal female.see primogyne, deutogyne.protogynous hermaphrodite A hermaphrodite that functionsfirst as a female and then transforms into a male. seeprotandrous hermaphrodite.protogyny, proterogyny n. [Gr. protos, first; gyne, woman]1. A condition <strong>of</strong> hermaphroditic individuals where the femalesex organs are active before the male; proterogyny.2. Females appearing earlier in the season than males. seeprotandry.protolog, protologue n. [Gr. protos, first; logos, work] Theoriginal description <strong>of</strong> a scientific name.protoloma n. [Gr. protos, first; loma, fringe] (ARTHRO: Insecta)The anterior margin <strong>of</strong> the primaries or fore wings.protomesal areolets (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Hymenoptera,

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