Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
serosal cuticle — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) An embryonic covering incorporating the vitelline membrane on the outside, and consisting of a chitinous endocuticle (white cuticle), with an epicuticle (yellow cuticle) having a second wax layer … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
white cuticle — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) The inner thick, tough, laminated endocuticle of an egg membrane secreted by the serosa, and containing chitin; see yellow cuticle … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
Oxynoe olivacea — view from bottom to Oxynoe olivacea Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
integument — /in teg yeuh meuhnt/, n. 1. a natural covering, as a skin, shell, or rind. 2. any covering, coating, enclosure, etc. [1605 15; < L integumentum a covering. See IN 2, TEGUMENT] Syn. 1. cortex, involucre, involucrum. * * * Covering of the body,… … Universalium
coloration — colorational, adj. colorationally, adv. /kul euh ray sheuhn/, n. appearance with regard to color arrangement or use of colors; coloring: the bold coloration of some birds. [1605 15; COLOR + ATION] * * * ▪ biology Introduction in biology,… … Universalium
insect — insectival /in sek tuy veuhl/, adj. /in sekt/, n. 1. any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two… … Universalium
Chrysiridia rhipheus — Engraving captioned Urania riphaeus from Charles D. d Orbigny’s Dictionnaire universel d histoire naturelle (1849) Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
angiosperm — /an jee euh sperrm /, n. Bot. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm. [ANGIO + SPERM] * * * ▪ plant Introduction any member of the more than 300,000 species of flowering plants (division Anthophyta) … Universalium
Arthropod — Temporal range: 540–0 Ma … Wikipedia
Arachnid — Taxobox name = Arachnida image width = 250px image caption = Arachnida from Ernst Haeckel s Kunstformen der Natur , 1904 regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Chelicerata classis = Arachnida classis authority = Cuvier, 1812… … Wikipedia
