- In biology, a
clasper is a male
anatomical structure found in some
groups of animals, used in mating. Male
cartilaginous fish have
claspers formed from...
-
sclerotized (hardened)
flaps and
hooks which also
includes in some
species the
valvae (clasper),
which are
paired organs which help the male hold on to the female...
- of
superior medullary velum or
frenulum veli
Digestive tract:
frenulum valvae ileocaecalis Oral tissue:
Frenula of the
mouth include the
frenulum of the...
- used for
reproduction in insects. The
juxta is
located between the two
valvae.
Juxta has also been used to
refer to a
similar structure in fleshflies...
-
similar genitalia;
particularly they
share the
degree of the
valvae ****ymetry. The
valvae of P. diana, however,
differ by the less
arched middle section...
- extended). The name "bivalve" is
derived from the
Latin bis,
meaning "two", and
valvae,
meaning "leaves of a door". ("Leaf" is an
older word for the main, movable...
- obscure. It may be
derived from v****i ad
valvas (at the folding-doors,
valvae), i.e.
servants of the
royal antechamber. Du
Cange regarded it
merely as...
- on the
inner margin, and the male
genitalia having long and
asymmetric valvae. "Philiris Röber, 1891" at
Markku Savela's
Lepidoptera and Some
Other Life...
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apically bifid uncus. Apex pointed.
Saccus low.
Juxta small and cap like.
Valvae elongated and broad.
Saccular margin almost straight with hook-like process...
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uncus bilobate and
strongly sclerotized.
Tegumen very
narrow dorsally,
valvae tripartite into
various shaped lobes of a
complicate structure; no gnathos;...