gonapophysis

  • 1gonapophysis — (plural gonapophyses)) the enlarged haemal arches articulating with the gonopodium in Poeciliidae and Horaichthyidae …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 2gonapophysis — n.; pl. yses [Gr. gone, that which produces seed; apo, from; phyein, to grow] 1. (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) In male Syncarida, a median process from the base of the first or second pleopod. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) a. The slender curving processes… …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 3gonapophysis — Median process arising from base of first or second pleopods of male syncarids [Moore and McCormick, 1969]. (Superorder Syncarida): Median process from base of 1st or 2nd pleopods of male [McLaughlin, 1980] …

    Crustacea glossary

  • 4gonapophysis — gon·apophysis …

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  • 5gonapophysis — |gän+ noun (plural gonapophyses) Etymology: New Latin, from gon + apophysis : an organ or process of the anal region of an insect that serves in copulation, oviposition, or stinging used chiefly of such structures when paired and regarded as… …

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  • 6gonapophyses — plural of gonapophysis …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 7gonangulum — n. [Gr. gone, that which produces seed; L. angulus, angle] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) A small sclerite attached to the base of the first gonapophysis articulating with the second gonocoxa and the tergum of segment 9 in Lepisma; in others fused with… …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 8petasma — A complex genital structure attached to the mesial margins of the protopodites of the first pair of pleopods in male penaeidean shrimps [Chace and Hobbs, 1969]. Abdominal appendage modified as gonapophysis in males of some eucarids, syncarids,… …

    Crustacea glossary

  • 9Gonapophyse — Die Gonapophysen oder Valvulae (Valven) sind paarige Anhängsel am 8. und 9. Hinterleibssegment von Insekten. Sie sind ein Teil des Eilegeapparats[1] (Ovipositor) und dienen entsprechend ursprünglich zur Eiablage. Bei vielen Insekten werden die… …

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  • 10gonocoxite — ˌgänəˈkäkˌsīt noun ( s) Etymology: gon + Latin coxa hip + English ite : the inner segment of a gonapophysis …

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