Definition of Pygidium. Meaning of Pygidium. Synonyms of Pygidium

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Definition of Pygidium

Pygidium
Pygidium Py*gid"i*um, n.; pl. Pygidia. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, dim. of ? the rump.] (Zo["o]l.) The caudal plate of trilobites, crustacean, and certain insects. See Illust. of Limulus and Trilobite.

Meaning of Pygidium from wikipedia

- The pygidium (pl.: pygidia) is the posterior body part or shield of crustaceans and some other arthropods, such as insects and the extinct trilobites....
- based on the pygidium being micropygous (pygidium smaller than cephalon), subisopygous (pygidium sub equal to cephalon), isopygous (pygidium equal in size...
- Rhizosomichthys Bathophilus Miles, 1942 Bathypygidium Whitley, 1947 Of Rhizosomichthys totae Pygidium totae Miles, 1942 Trichomycterus totae (Miles, 1942)...
- Hatcheria macraei (Girard, 1855) Synonyms Thrichomycterus macraei Girard, 1855 Pygidium Burmeisteri Berg, 1895 Hatcheria patagoniensis Eigenmann, 1909 Hatcheria...
- elytron (wing cover), 5: tibia, 6: tarsus, 7: claws, 8: mouthparts, 9: prothorax, 10: mesothorax, 11: metathorax, 12: abdominal sternites, 13: pygidium....
- organs such as antennae, a thorax of multiple similar segments (that in some species allowed them to roll up into a ball), and a pygidium, or tail section....
- There are very long furrows in the pygidium. The flaps in these furrows bulge outwards to the edges of the pygidium and have a pointed tip. The rearmost...
- structures including Dufour's glands, poison glands and glands on the hindgut, pygidium, ****, sternum, and hind tibia. Pheromones also are exchanged, mixed...
- 19–21 segments and adorned with longish, recurved pleural spines. Its pygidium was comparatively small. Paradoxides is a characteristic Middle-Cambrian...
- studies revealed the pygidium had distinct triangular shape and a parallel row of tiny posterior spikes. Between the cephalon and pygidium was an elongated...