- A
sclerite (Gr**** σκληρός, sklēros,
meaning "hard") is a
hardened body part. In
various branches of
biology the term is
applied to
various structures,...
- foot is also unusual,
being armored at the
sides with iron-mineralised
sclerites. The snail's
oesophageal gland houses symbiotic gammaproteobacteria from...
- bag-like
organisms with a soft skin
armored with star-shaped
calcareous sclerites from
which radiate sharp spines.
classifying the
chancelloriids is difficult...
-
wiwaxiids and is thus
equivalent to the Halwaxiida.
Armor plates called "
sclerites" had long been
known as
elements of the
small s****y fossils, and detailed...
-
eight rows of
sclerites,
arranged in bundles.
Sclerites are
periodically shed and
replaced during growth, with the
number of
sclerites in a
given bundle...
- The
pleuron (pl. pleura, from Gr**** side, rib) is a
lateral sclerite of
thoracic segment of an
insect between the
tergum and the sternum.
While the tergum...
- with the latter. The body of the
sclerite articulates laterally with the
second axillary. The
second axillary sclerite (2Ax) is more
variable in form than...
- 'apex' or 'margin'. A
given tergum may be
divided into
hardened plates or
sclerites commonly referred to as tergites. In a
thoracic segment, for example,...
- two
pleura or laterals.
Hardened plates in the
exoskeleton are
called sclerites,
which are
subdivisions of the
major regions – tergites, sternites, and...
-
Three head
sclerite (carapace)
complex formed by a
central H-element (anterior
sclerite or head shield) and a pair of P-elements (lateral
sclerites) cover...
