Definition of Hypostome. Meaning of Hypostome. Synonyms of Hypostome

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Definition of Hypostome

Hypostome
Hypostome Hy"po*stome, Hypostoma Hy*pos"to*ma, n. [NL. hypostoma, fr. Gr. "ypo` beneath + ? mouth.] (Zo["o]l.) The lower lip of trilobites, crustaceans, etc.

Meaning of Hypostome from wikipedia

- Look up hypostome in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In zoology, the hypostome can refer to structures in distinct animal groups: Hypostome (trilobite)...
- sutureseparates the hypostome from the doublure when the hypostome is of the attached type. It is absent when the hypostome is free-floating (i.e....
- The hypostome (also called the maxilla, radula, or labium) is a calcified harpoon-like structure near the mouth area of certain parasitic arthropods including...
- cylindrical body with a terminal mouth on a raised protuberance called the hypostome, surrounded by a number of tentacles. The polyp contains a central cavity...
- The hypostome is the hard mouthpart of trilobites found on the ventral side of the cephalon (head). The hypostome can be classified into three types based...
- occasionally the hypostome, a small rigid plate comparable to the ventral plate in other arthropods. A toothless mouth and stomach sat upon the hypostome with the...
- (dorsal view); b, scutum; c, hypostome; d, tarsus I; e, tarsus IV; f, coxae Diagnosis: Capitulum with slender palpi, hypostome rounded apically, dentition...
- Features of the gnathosoma include two palps, two chelicerae, and hypostome. The hypostome acts as stabilizer and helps to anchor the tick's mouthparts to...
- diploblastic and does not have a coelom. The body has a single opening, the hypostome, surrounded by sensory tentacles equipped with either nematocysts or colloblasts...
- driven by the polarity in the hydra. The hypostome in the head region inhibits the formation of another hypostome. This explains why two heads will not form...