- Cephalomere
- Cephalomere \Ceph"a*lo*mere\, n. [Cephalo- + -mere.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the somites (arthromeres) which make up the head of arthropods. --Packard. [1913 Webster]
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Cephalomere
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cephalomere — n. [Gr. kephale, head; meros, part] 1. Those segments of a metamerically segmented animal that are considered to be part of the head. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) see cephalic somite … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
cephalomere — Cephalic somite [Moore and McCormick, 1969]. See: cephalic somite [McLaughlin, 1980]. (Order Decapoda): Cephalic somite [Stachowitsch, 1992] … Crustacea glossary
cephalic somite — One unit of cephalon bearing distnctive pair of appendages. (Syn. cephalomere) [McLaughlin, 1980]. Unit division of head region, generally recognized as one of five such parts which bear distinctive paired appendages (antennules, antennae,… … Crustacea glossary
cephalic somite — (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) A unit division of the cephalic region usually recognized as one of five somites that bear distinctive paired appendages; a cephalomere … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
