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palps and
ovigers connected to the body by
muscle bands.
Palps are
homologous to
pedipalps in
arachnids and are used to mani****te prey.
Ovigers are modified...
-
basal process was once
thought to be a segment)
while the
ovigers have 10 segments. Each
oviger ends in a
strong terminal claw and
compound spines arranged...
- appendages. The
first of
these are the chelifores,
followed by the palps, the
ovigers,
which are used for
cleaning themselves and
caring for eggs and
young as...
-
clawless palps seems to have
annulated base
similar to the
walking legs. The
ovigers have at
least 2 long
segments (counted up to 7 by Bergström et al. (1980))...
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range Synonyms Araneus sclopetarius Araneus sericatus Aranea undata Aranea oviger Epeira sericata Epeira virgata Epeira frondosa Epeira sclopetaria Epeira...
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infer various details that are not well-preserved (e.g. cephalon, palps,
ovigers, leg annulations, abdomen) on the former's
redescription in 2024. The cephalon...
- the
cephalon (head
section that bore eyes, proboscis, chelifores, palps,
ovigers and 1st leg pair) and 3
trunk somites (section that bore the remaining...
- they
using only
their proboscis to suck
juices from
their cnidarian prey.
Ovigers (cleaning and offspring-carrying limbs) are only
retained in
adult males...
- (chelifores, palps,
ovigers) are evident, but most of the
details are
obscured by
their poor preservation.
Distal region of the
oviger showing 6 segments...
- upward-facing pincer,
connected to the
front by a 2-segmented scape. The
palps and
ovigers are
subequal to each other, each
possess 9
segments and a
hooked terminal...
