Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
basal zooidal wall — (BRYOZOA) In Stenolaemata and Gymnolaemata, the interior or exterior zooidal supporting wall, normally parallel to the orificial wall … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
orifice — n. [L. os, mouth; facere, to make] 1. An opening into a cavity; a mouth like opening. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) In sessile Cirripedia, the opening in the wall occupied by the operculum; see aperture. 3. (BRYOZOA) The opening on the margin of the … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
kenozooid — n. [Gr. kenos, empty; zoon, animal; eidos, like] (BRYOZOA) 1. In Stenolaemata, a polymorph without a lophophore, gut, muscles, and orifice. 2. In Gymnolaemata, a polymorph without an orificial wall or equivalent, lophophore, alimentary canal, and … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
mandible — n. [L. mandibula, jaw] 1. A jaw. 2. (ANNELIDA: Polychaeta) The ventral chitinous plates or rods, maybe dentate, against which the maxilla work. 3. (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) One of the third pair of cephalic appendages. 4. (ARTHROPODA: Diplopoda)… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
