The opisthosoma is the posterior part of the body in some arthropods, behind the prosoma (cephalothorax). It is a distinctive feature of the subphylum...
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and the opisthosoma. The prosoma is commonly known as the cephalothorax, and the opisthosoma is commonly known as the abdomen. The opisthosoma is considered...
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prosoma and opisthosoma. The prosoma may be evenly domed (e.g. Pholcus, Micropholcus) or have a furrow or pit in the middle. The opisthosoma may be long...
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segments are fused into two tagmata, the cephalothorax or prosoma, and the opisthosoma, or abdomen, and joined by a small, cylindrical pedicel. However, as...
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main parts, the prosoma (or cephalothorax) and the opisthosoma (or abdomen). The prosoma and opisthosoma are connected by the pedicel, or pregenital somite...
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(The terms prosoma and opisthosoma are equivalent to cephalothorax and abdomen in some groups. The terms prosoma and opisthosoma may be preferred by some...
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open the old exoskeleton, the spider generally contracts its abdomen (opisthosoma) to supply enough fluid to pump into the prosoma with sufficient pressure...
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Trigonotarbida (section Opisthosoma)
millimetres to a few centimetres in body length and had segmented abdomens (opisthosoma), with the dorsal exoskeleton (tergites) across the backs of the animals'...
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cephalothorax, is the anterior tagma, and the 10-segmented abdomen, or opisthosoma, is the posterior tagma. The abdominal tergites and sternites are separated...
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or tagmata: the cephalothorax or prosoma, and the abdomen or opisthosoma. The opisthosoma is subdivided into a broad anterior portion, the mesosoma or...
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scorpions and relatives), the term "abdomen" is used interchangeably with "opisthosoma" ("hind body"), which is the body section posterior to that bearing the...
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Opiliones anatomy (section Opisthosoma)
are divided into two tagmata (arthropod body regions): the abdomen (opisthosoma) and the cephalothorax (prosoma). Unlike spiders, the juncture between...
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larger in large males, have an alternating black and white fringe. The opisthosoma is black with several white markings on the dorsum - a basal band, a...
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Scorpion's Strike: New Evidence of Extreme Lateral Flexibility in the Opisthosoma of Eurypterids". The American Naturalist. 190 (1): 152–156. doi:10.1086/691967...
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Calamistrum Cephalothorax Chelicerae Cheliceral fang Cribellum Epigyne Exuviae Opisthosoma Pedipalp Palpal bulb Scopulae Silk Spinneret Urticating hair Human interaction...
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modern forms, the whole of the opisthosoma is fused into a single unsegmented structure. The underside of the opisthosoma carries the genital openings and...
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have a varied color. The prosoma, legs and sternum are brown, and the opisthosoma is dark. Males grow from 30 to 35 mm in length. Females The females are...
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metatarsus d) tibia e) patella f) femur g) trochanter h) coxa i) pedipalp k) setae m) prosoma (cephalothorax) n) opisthosoma (abdomen) o) spinnerets...
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The chelicerate body plan consists of two tagmata, the prosoma and the opisthosoma, except that mites have lost a visible division between these sections...
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easily recognized by the characteristic leaf-like mark on her posterior opisthosoma, caudal to the yellow-brown cephalothorax. The webs of Zygiella x-notata...
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the back part of the abdomen, and another one on the front part of the opisthosoma. There are two small white dots on the posterior back, and two even smaller...
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form an arrow-like shape pointing toward the head of the spider. The opisthosoma features a lighter middle line with six "spots" on each side. The giant...
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body (prosoma) is brownish with broad darker markings. The abdomen (opisthosoma) has median black markings. The legs are mainly a speckled brown color...
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female (XUC-2013-013) E abdomen, lateral view F posterior portion of opisthosoma, ventral view, showing spinnerets G female genitalia (XUC-2013-013),...
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the fifth segment of the mother's ventral opisthosoma. The female refuses to eat and holds her opisthosoma in an upward arch so that the broodsac does...
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Carapace has two black lines. Opisthosoma has a light grey foliate median band runs the entire length of opisthosoma. Inside large foliate markings,...
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arachnids, Amblypygi possess two body segments; the prosoma and the opisthosoma, (often referred to as the cephalothorax and abdomen), four pairs of...
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head) or prosoma, and an opisthosoma or abdomen. Segmentation has almost entirely been lost and the prosoma and opisthosoma are fused, only the positioning...
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bodies are composed of two main parts (tagma): the cephalothorax and the opisthosoma. The first tagma, the cephalothorax or prosoma, is a fusion of the head...
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Acari that lack their primary somatic segmentation of the abdomen (or opisthosoma), rather these parasitic arachnids present a subsequent fusion of the...
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