hood retractor

hood retractor
(CHAETOGNATHA)
One of a pair of curved muscles originating on connective tissue beneath the brain and attaching to the neck plates (collarette) which retract the hood from the head; retractor preputii.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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