peniferum

peniferum
n. [L. penis, male copulatory organ; ferum, bear]
(ARTHROPODA: Crustacea)
In Ostracoda, the varied, sclerotized male copulatory apparatus that bears the penis and hinge on which the apparatus may turn around the zygum.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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  • clasping apparatus — (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) A movable, heavily sclerotized sclerite of male ostracods, that articulates with the midportion of the peniferum in a socket near the ventral cardo and the loop of the spermatic tube; probably a tactile organ …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • costa — n.; pl. costae [L. costa, rib] 1. Any rib like structure. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) Any thickened portion of the peniferum of ostracods. 3. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) a. The longitudinal wing vein of certain insects, forming the anterior margin of… …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • dorsal cardo — (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) In Ostracoda, that portion of the peniferum that serves as a hinge by which it articulates with the zygum …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • ventral cardo — (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) In Ostracoda, that portion of the peniferum that serves as a hinge by which it articulates with the zygum …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • zygum — n.; pl. zyga [Gr. zygon, yoke] 1. (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) In Ostracoda, a chitinous process of the male copulatory apparatus suspended in the posterior shell region by a system of chitinous rods, about which the peniferum arcs. 2. (ARTHROPODA:… …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

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