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the cartilage structure above a vertebral centrum, forming the side walls of the neural canal between the interdorsals
Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.
basidorsal
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vertebra dissospondyla — (plural vertebrae dyssospondylae)) dyssospondylous vertebra (vertebra in Amia, Lepisosteidae and Acipenseridae where the pleurocentrum, intercentrum, basidorsal, basiventral, interdorsal and interventral all ossify but remain independent in the… … Dictionary of ichthyology
penis — A papilla on the coxa of the fifth pereiopod or sternite of the male denoting the opening of the genital duct [Ingle, 1983]. Male copulatory organ. (May be exceptionally long in some cirripeds.) [Moore and McCormick, 1969]. Male copulatory organ; … Crustacea glossary
