Definition of Pereonite. Meaning of Pereonite. Synonyms of Pereonite

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- It is divided into seven segments known as pereonites. The cephalon is usually fused to the first pereonite; while the highly reduced and almost invisible...
- often red-brown at the edge of its pereonites. It has a wide telson, which is roundly truncated. Its first pereonite is chamfered, unlike those of other...
- have 10 ommatids and have a dark brown colour. The anterior margins of pereonite one reach the eyes. Its pleon outline is continuous with the pereon and...
- consists of a head (cephalon), a thorax (pereon) with seven segments (pereonites), and an abdomen (pleon) with six segments (pleonites), some of which...
- cephalic lobe is observed to be sharply produced. Shorter than pereonite no. 3, pereonite no. 1 and 2 is subequal in length. Urosomite no. 1 and 3 are separate...
- strong ****ual dimorphism. Females lack the dorsal tubercles present on the pereonites of the males. Males also have a larger pleotelson and uropods. The largest...
- yellow to white pigmentation. The head is deeply embedded in the first pereonite. The posterior margins of the body segments are covered in fan-like scales...
- convex and finely punctulated. The head is closely encased by the first pereonite. The segments of the pleon are rounded, with the terminal segment being...
- the seventh pereonite. In males the first two pereonites are elongated, with the second pereonite being the longest of all the pereonites. They are densely...
- wider than it is long. It gradually widens from the first to the last pereonite and it is covered in short, widely spaced hair. Schotte, Marilyn (2008)...