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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> 751how derived, usually comprising the nematodes, rotifers,nematomorphs, gastrotrics, and kinorhynchs.pseudocoelomic membranes (NEMATA) A delicate sheath investingand supporting the internal organs, i.e., theesophagus, internal surface <strong>of</strong> muscle cells, and betweeneach pair <strong>of</strong> muscles to the hypodermis.pseudocoelomocytes see coelomocytespseudocompatability n. [Gr. pseudos, false; L. cum, with;pati, suffer] Fertilization occurring under unusual conditions,that would not normally happen.pseudocone a. [Gr. pseudos, false; konas, cone] (ARTHRO: Insecta)In certain Diptera and Odonata, a condition wherethe cone <strong>of</strong> the ommatidium is liquid-filled or gelatinousrather than a crystalline cone (eucone condition).pseudocopulation n. [Gr. pseudos, false; L. copula, bond](ARTHRO: Insecta) Pollinization <strong>of</strong> a flower by copulation <strong>of</strong>a male insect mistakenly recognizing it as a female insect.pseudocrop n. [Gr. pseudos, false; A.S. crop, craw] (ARTHRO:Insecta) In Hemiptera, an enlargement <strong>of</strong> the anterior region<strong>of</strong> the mid-gut dilated in a comparable manner as astomodeal crop.pseudocruralium n. [Gr. pseudos, false; crus, leg] (BRACHIO)Dorsal adductor impressions elevated above the valvefloor.pseudoctenodont shell (MOLL: Bivalvia) A shell with manyshort teeth transverse to the hinge margin that are ingroups related to others with some teeth longitudinally directed.see ctenodont shell.pseudoculus n.; pl. -culi [Gr. pseudos, false; L. oculus, eye](ARTHRO: Insecta) In Protura, a circular dome <strong>of</strong> thin, perforatedcuticle on the head, having 2-6 neurons with ciliarydendritic processes; thought to be a chemoreceptor, anantennal base, or organs <strong>of</strong> Tomosvary.pseudodeltidium see deltidiumpseudoderm n. [Gr. pseudos, false; derma, skin] (PORIF: Calcarea)In the most complex sponges <strong>of</strong> the Leucosolenia,the outermost asconoid bodies are fused together to form a

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