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n. [Gr. kephale, head; meros, part]2. (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea)see cephalic somite.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
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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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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
