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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> 865structures in the sucking mouth parts; the shaft <strong>of</strong> the ovipositor.4. (BRYO: Stenolaemata) A rodlike skeletal structureoriented almost perpendicular to the zoarial surfaceand parallel to the zooecia. 5. (CNID) The large, lowermostthorn on the hampe (butt) <strong>of</strong> a stenotele nematocyst. 6.(NEMATA) A sclerotized, usually hollow, structure used forfeeding, releasing secretions and entering plants and animals(Arthropoda); a spear. see stomatostyle, odontostyle.7. (NEMER) A nail-shaped structure on the end <strong>of</strong>the proboscis that typically reaches 50-200 m, used in thecapture <strong>of</strong> prey.stylet extension see odontophorestylet knobs (NEMATA) Various thickenings (apodemes) at thebase <strong>of</strong> the stylet, usually 3 in number, that serve as attachmentpoints for the protractor muscles. see basalknobs.styletocytes n.pl. [Gr. stylos, piller; kytos, container] (NEMER)Large epithelial cells in which the stylets are formed.stylet sac see trophic sacstylet sheath (ARTHRO: Insecta) In aculeate Hymenoptera, thedorsal part <strong>of</strong> the terebra.styli pl. <strong>of</strong> style and stylusstyliferous a. [Gr. stylos, pillar; L. fero, bear] Having one ormore styli.styliform a. [Gr. stylos, pillar; L. forma, shape] Shaped like astyle or stylet; formed <strong>of</strong> parallel-sides and a pointed apex.styliger plate (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Ephemeroptera, a scleriteon the posterior portion <strong>of</strong> sternum 9, variable in shape,which on the posterior margin gives rise to a pair <strong>of</strong> slenderand usually segmented appendages called forceps or claspers;a subgenital plate.stylocerite n. [Gr. stylos, pillar; keras, horn] (ARTHRO: Crustacea)A rounded or spiniform process on the outer part <strong>of</strong>the proximal segment <strong>of</strong> the antennular peduncle; antennularscale.styloconic sensilla see sensillum styloconicumstylode n. [Gr. stylos, pillar; eidos, like] (ANN: Polychaeta) A

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