A sclerite (Greek σκληρός, sklēros, meaning "hard") is a hardened body part. In various branches of biology the term is applied to various structures,...

the base of the oviposition tube (ovipositor), there is an additional sclerite, the gonangulum, which allows for the improved coordination of the movement...

foot is also unusual, being armored at the sides with iron-mineralised sclerites. The snail's oesophageal gland houses symbiotic gammaproteobacteria from...

eight rows of sclerites, arranged in bundles. Sclerites are periodically shed and replaced during growth, with the number of sclerites in a given bundle...

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,...

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...

two pleura or laterals. Hardened plates in the exoskeleton are called sclerites, which are subdivisions of the major regions – tergites, sternites, and...

polyphagan beetle groups can be identified by the presence of cervical sclerites (hardened parts of the head used as points of attachment for muscles)...

wiwaxiids and is thus equivalent to the Halwaxiida. Armor plates called "sclerites" had long been known as elements of the small shelly fossils, and detailed...

The abdomen of species like Camponotus inflatus consists of hard dorsal sclerites (stiff plates) connected by a softer, more flexible arthrodial membrane...

ventral sternum, and the lateral pleura form the hardened plates or sclerites of a typical body segment. In either case, in contrast to the carapace...

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...

head sclerites, their tetraradial mouth-parts, and their appendages bearing around five subequal endites. The diversity of hurdiid head sclerites is notable...

Three head sclerite (carapace) complex formed by a central H-element (anterior sclerite or head shield) and a pair of P-elements (lateral sclerites) cover...

Ossicle, any various small bones Process (anatomy), any outgrowths of tissue Sclerite, hardened body parts of invertebrates Spikelet, the inflorescence of grasses...

The pleuron (pl. pleura, from Greek side, rib) is a lateral sclerite of thoracic segment of an insect between the tergum and the sternum. While the tergum...

Schematic diagrams of Ottoia sclerite morphologies. Sclerites comprise a broad, flat basal pad and a thickened, usually triangular arch. Denticles arise...

head capsule with an adfrontal suture formed by medial fusion of the sclerites, mandibles (mouthparts) for chewing, and a soft tubular, segmented body...

sclerites provide a stepping stone between the solid chaetae-like chitinous sclerites of Wiwaxia and the partially hollow, biomineralized sclerites of...

a replacement mineral in fossils, but has also been identified in the sclerites of scaly-foot gastropods. Despite being nicknamed "fool's gold", pyrite...

and sea urchins, are endoskeletons that consist of large, well-developed sclerite plates that adjoin or overlap to cover the animal's body. The skeletons...

throughout Lateral lobes of Y-shaped sclerite of female genitalia tapering and pointed at apex Lateral lobes of Y-shaped sclerite of female genitalia not tapering...

bag-like organisms with a soft skin armored with star-shaped calcareous sclerites from which radiate sharp spines. Classifying the chancelloriids is difficult...

Lateral lobes of Y-shaped sclerite of female genitalia not tapering and rounded at apex Lateral lobes of Y-shaped sclerite of female genitalia tapering...

roughly 5 cm (2.0 in) in length. The dorsum was protected by numerous paired sclerite spines (2 pairs per trunk segment). The spines are longest at the middle...

(reproductive) and soldier visualized; note the reduction and fusion of sclerites on the thorax and more membranous body compared to other Dictyoptera....

maintaining reproductive status in social insects. The removal of a thoracic sclerite in Diacamma ants inhibits ovary development; the only reproductive individual...

posterior of the portion of the remigium found on insect wings. 3.  The oblong sclerite at the base of the inferior margin of the hemelytron in Heteroptera. 4...

cavity. This pouch is created in the embryo by a flap or lateral head sclerite near the mouth on each side of the head which fuses with the labium. Other...