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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> 859sheaths; function unknown.stipe n. [L. stipes, a stem] 1. A stem or stalk-like appendage.2. (ARTHRO: Crustacea) In Eucarida, a stemlike basal part<strong>of</strong> an appendage with sometimes squamate or othershapedexpopod, i.e., the second joint <strong>of</strong> the antenna-likeappendage.stipes n.; pl. stipites [L. stipes, a stem] 1. (ARTHRO: Chelicerata)The distal end <strong>of</strong> the embolus (copulatory organ) <strong>of</strong>spiders. 2. (ARTHRO: Diplopoda) The lateral lobes <strong>of</strong> thegnathochilarium. 3. (ARTHRO: Insecta) a. The second segmentor division <strong>of</strong> a maxilla that bears endite lobes, thelacinea and galea on its inner apical angle and the telopodite(palpus) laterally; may be combined with basi-, disti-,etc. b. In Diptera, a rodlike structure located inside thehead ventral to the tentorial arms. 4. (ARTHRO: Pauropoda)One <strong>of</strong> the three articles <strong>of</strong> the first maxilla, along withcardo and lacinia. 5. (ARTHRO: Symphyla) Two pairs <strong>of</strong>maxillae similar to those <strong>of</strong> insects, except lacking a jointseparating the cardo and stipes.stipiform a. [L. stipes, a stem; forma, shape] Resembling astalk.stipital a. [L. stipes, a stem] Pertaining to the stipe(s).stipple n. [D. stippelen, to spot] Numerous circles or dots;shading effects produced by dots, circles or small marks.Stobbe's gland (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Lepidoptera, paired multicellularaphrodisiac pheromone producing glands in thesecond abdominal segment <strong>of</strong> male noctuids.stock n. [A.S. stocc, stem, race] (ANN: Polychaeta) The sexualindividuals from which other individuals arise asexually.stolon n. [L. stolo, a branch] 1. (ANN) Individuals that arebudded or fragmented asexually <strong>of</strong>f <strong>of</strong> other individuals. 2.(BRYO: Stenolaemata) In Stolonifera, a tubular kenozooidor extension <strong>of</strong> an autozooid from which autozooids arebudded. 3. (CNID: Anthozoa) A stem-like structure fromwhich polyps arise. see hydrocaulus.stolonate a. [L. stolo, a branch] Having stolons; stoloniferous.stoloniferan n. [L. stolo, a branch; ferre, to bear] (BRYO:Stenolaemata) An autozooid budded from a single kenozo-

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