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(ARTHROPODA: Crustacea)The preoral cavity.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
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atrium oris — Preoral cavity, bounded ventrally by posteriorly directed labrum, dorsally by ventral surface of cephalon just behind mouth, and laterally by paragnaths and mandibles [Moore and McCormick, 1969]. Preoral cavity, bounded ventrally by posteriorly… … Crustacea glossary
labrum — A bulbous structure lying next to the epistome and bordering the anterior margin of the oral opening. (Syn. upper lip) [Holdich and Jones, 1983]. An unpaired, flat segment of the cephalon that articulates with the clypeus, and anteriorly covers… … Crustacea glossary
mandible — Most anterodorsally situated of gnathal appendages; one, of a pair, of heavily calcified jaws; the teeth. [Hobbs and Jass, 1988]. On of the heavily calcified jaws lying anterior to (beneath, in ventral view) the other mouth parts but visible in… … Crustacea glossary
mouth — (Order Cladocera): Anterior opening of digestive tract under labrum; opens into esophagus [Stachowitsch, 1992]. (Order Notostraca): Anterior opening of digestive tract on underside of head; located under labrum and opening into esophagus… … Crustacea glossary
molar process — (Syn. incisor process) [Butler, T.H.]. A medial process of the mandible. In the plesiomorphic condition, it has a broad, distal, triturating surface with circumgnathal denticles, a posterior row of broad, setulate setae, and sensory pores on the… … Crustacea glossary
incisor process — Biting portion of gnathal lobe of mandible. (Syn. pars incisiva) [McLaughlin, 1980]. Biting portion of gnathal lobe of mandible. (Syn. pars incisiva) [Moore and McCormick, 1969]. Cutting process on mandible; widely separated from molar or… … Crustacea glossary
paragnath — See: labium, metastoma [Martin, 2005]. A pair of ventral projections of the cephalic cuticle just posterior and medial to the mandibles. Each projection has two lobes, a broad lamellar outer lobe with hair like setae on the inner margins and a… … Crustacea glossary
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