- abjugal furrow
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(ARTHROPODA: Chelicerata)In Acari, the line separating the aspidosoma (prodorsum) and the podosoma of mites.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
abjugal furrow
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aspidosoma — n. [Gr. aspis, shield; soma, body] (ARTHROPODA: Chelicerata) In Acari, the dorsal region bordered laterally by the abjugal furrow that may be indistinct or incomplete, posteriorly by the disjugal furrow, and anteriorly by the circumcapitular… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
prodorsal dehiscence — (ARTHROPODA: Chelicerata) In molting, the line of weakness following the abjugal furrow between the aspidosoma and prodosoma … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
