habroderes

habroderes
n. pl. [Gr. habros, graceful; deire, neck]
(KINORHYNCHA)
In Echinoderidae, the fourth juvenile stage to adulthood in which the midterminal spine is missing, and a series of molts results in the loss of posterior middorsal spines until the adult complement is reached.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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  • hapaloderes — n. pl. [Gr. hapalos, tender; deire, neck] (KINORHYNCHA) The first three juvenile stages of Echinoderidae in which a midterminal, lateral and middorsal spines are present; see habroderes …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

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