Definition of Pygidium. Meaning of Pygidium. Synonyms of Pygidium

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Definition of Pygidium

Pygidium
Pygidium Py*gid"i*um, n.; pl. Pygidia. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, dim. of ? the rump.] (Zo["o]l.) The caudal plate of trilobites, crustacean, and certain insects. See Illust. of Limulus and Trilobite.

Meaning of Pygidium from wikipedia

- The pygidium (pl.: pygidia) is the posterior body part or shield of crustaceans and some other arthropods, such as insects and the extinct trilobites....
- based on the pygidium being micropygous (pygidium smaller than cephalon), subisopygous (pygidium sub equal to cephalon), isopygous (pygidium equal in size...
- segments, with the relatively large pygidium with a slender axis of 11 to 16 rings and 6 or 7 pleural ribs. The pygidium ends in a striking tail spike. Some...
- Rhizosomichthys Bathophilus Miles, 1942 Bathypygidium Whitley, 1947 Of Rhizosomichthys totae Pygidium totae Miles, 1942 Trichomycterus totae (Miles, 1942)...
- trilobite. It has a headshield (or cephalon) wider than the tailshield (pygidium), and in between them three thoracic body segments (somites). The genus...
- organs such as antennae, a thorax of multiple similar segments (that in some species allowed them to roll up into a ball), and a pygidium, or tail section....
- via blood vessels.   Prostomium   Peristomium O Mouth   Growth zone   Pygidium O **** In addition to Sipuncula and Echiura, also lineages like Lobatocerebrum...
- Hatcheria macraei (Girard, 1855) Synonyms Thrichomycterus macraei Girard, 1855 Pygidium Burmeisteri Berg, 1895 Hatcheria patagoniensis Eigenmann, 1909 Hatcheria...
- rocks from Algeria and Morocco. Originally described from an isolated pygidium (the posterior body part or shield), the first complete articulated specimen...
- 4 in) long. It has a headshield (or cephalon) wider than the tailshield (pygidium), and in between them three (or four?) thoracic body segments (somites)...