- A
sclerite (Gr**** σκληρός, sklēros,
meaning "hard") is a
hardened body part. In
various branches of
biology the term is
applied to
various structures,...
- 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,...
- foot is also unusual,
being armored at the
sides with iron-mineralised
sclerites. The snail's
oesophageal gland houses symbiotic gammaproteobacteria from...
- The
abdomen of
species like
Camponotus inflatus consists of hard
dorsal sclerites (stiff plates)
connected by a softer, more
flexible arthrodial membrane...
- to have been as a
modular organism with each
module covered by its own
sclerite (armor plate) and
bearing a pair of
biramous limbs. However,
whether the...
-
eight rows of
sclerites,
arranged in bundles.
Sclerites are
periodically shed and
replaced during growth, with the
number of
sclerites in a
given bundle...
-
polyphagan beetle groups can be
identified by the
presence of
cervical sclerites (hardened
parts of the head used as
points of
attachment for muscles)...
- is made up of a
dorsal and a
ventral sclerite,
connected by an
elastic membrane. In some females, the
sclerites are
rolled into a flexible, telescopic...
- two
pleura or laterals.
Hardened plates in the
exoskeleton are
called sclerites,
which are
subdivisions of the
major regions – tergites, sternites, and...
