- The
gnathosoma (from Gr**** γνάθος, gnáthos = "jaw" and σώμα, sóma = "body") is the part of the body of the
Acari (mites and ticks)
comprising the mouth...
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ticks lack the hard
scutum present in the hard
ticks (Ixodidae). The
gnathosoma (or capitulum, the mouthparts-bearing structure) is
located on the underside...
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prominent gnathosoma (or capitulum,
mouth and
feeding parts)
projects forward from the animal's body; in the Argasidae, conversely, the
gnathosoma is concealed...
- prosoma). The
tagmata typical of
other Chelicerata have
developed into the
gnathosoma (head),
which is
retractable and
contains the mouthparts, and idiosoma...
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appears later during development. Some
authors have also
suggested that the
gnathosoma, a
separate part of the body
bearing the mouthparts, is also a unique...
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indicating the
location of the segments. At the
front of the body is the
gnathosoma or capitulum. This is not a head and does not
contain the eyes or the...
- of the
order Calicium the
capitulum of the
humerus in
vertebrates the
gnathosoma of
ticks and
mites in
stalked barnacles, the
armoured portion within which...
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intertidal rocks. They can be
easily recognized by
their elongated, snout-like
gnathosoma pedipalps bearing two (one in Monotrichobdella) long
terminal setae. Bdella...
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length and
elongate to oval in shape.
Distinguishing features are the
gnathosoma (mouthparts) partially/completely
fused into the propodosoma, indistinct...
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openings (thus the name of the clade),
peritremes or
prodorsal sensilla. The
gnathosoma (mouthparts) is
usually exposed. They have a pair of
chelicerae that are...
