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Spinules are
small spines or
thorns (vertebral columns) that are part of
biological and
manmade structures. The word
originates from the
Latin word spinula...
- Sea.
Frogfishes are small,
short and stocky, and
sometimes covered in
spinules and
other appendages to aid in camouflage. The
camouflage aids in protection...
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allusion to the feel of the carapace,
especially where the
scales have a
spinule at
their centre.
Ostracion trachys has 9 soft rays in both the
dorsal and...
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family Liparidae (snailfish). The
specific name is from
Latin acicula ("
spinule") and
punctatus ("dotted").
Careproctus aciculipunctatus is
maximum 21 cm...
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genus Gonatodes from
South America.
Simple elaborations of the
epidermal spinules into
setae have
enabled Gonatodes humeralis to
climb smooth surfaces and...
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These teeth are depressible. Some
species have a
scattering of
epidermal spinules on the body, and the
scales (when present) are conical, hollow, and translucent...
- to its
small size. The
dermal spinules may or may not be
present on
species of the
genus Histiophryne. If the
spinules are present, they are very small...
- adherent. The
lateral line is uninterrupted, with 28 to 32
scales whose spinules or 'ctenii'
largely obscure the
lateral line's pores. The eyes are large...
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which was
described as "thickly
beset with large, upstanding,
bifurcate spinules", with phryne,
meaning "toad", a
common used
suffix for
anglerfish genera...
- quadrati;
separate spinalis and
semispinalis portion in the
epaxial trunk;
spinules or
spines covering the
hemipenial body. Traditionally, the name "Colubroidea"...
