What does preabdominal mean?
Preabdominal means Relating to the preabdomen.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Relating to the preabdomen.
As such, Megalograptus has been considered to represent the plesiomorphic condition within eurypterids for a number of characters, including the occurrence of the opisthosomal preabdominal/postabdominal constriction at the sixth and seventh segment as opposed to the seventh and eighth [ 5 ], the possession of an extra podomere on prosomal appendages II–V [ 72 ], and the morphology of the prosomal ventral plates [ 37 ].
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Preabdominal means Relating to the preabdomen.
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As such, Megalograptus has been considered to represent the plesiomorphic condition within eurypterids for a number of characters, including the occurrence of the opisthosomal preabdominal/postabdominal constriction at the sixth and seventh segment as opposed to the seventh and eighth [ 5 ], the possession of an extra podomere on prosomal appendages II–V [ 72 ], and the morphology of the prosomal ventral plates [ 37 ].
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