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pygidium (noun) - In biology, this noun refers to the posterior part of an arthropod's body, such as insects or crustaceans. It is typically the final segment of the body and may contain specialized structures or functions
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- The caudal plate of trilobites, crustacea, and certain insects.
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The pygidium is very broad and denominate.
There are a pair of bulbous structures on the pygidium.
The border of the pygidium is uniformly narrow.
Pygidium has an axis of three to seven rings.
The border around the pygidium virtually absent.
The pygidium ends in a striking tail spike.
The last body segment is known as the pygidium.
Its pygidium is also covered with setae.
The border around the pygidium is not forked.
The pygidium is widest before midlength.
Segment and is called the pygidium.
In some species the pygidium is outlined with a flat border.
It rarely has an exposing pygidium.
The pygidium has a long axis of about eight rings.
The cephalon is of approximately equal size as the pygidium or isopygous.
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The pygidium is usually bilobed.
The pleural furrows of the pygidium almost touch its margin.
Pygidium has four axial rings and a long terminal piece.
Only one entire exoskeleton and one pygidium have been found.
The pygidium is formed from a number of segments and the telson fused together.
There may be small spines extending from the frontal corners of the pygidium.
The pygidium and the cephalon are about equal in size and shape.
A female adds to the turrets with its pygidium after bringing mud from inside the nest.
The pygidium in Ptychoparia lacks a border.
The males have a dark scutellum ( scutellum dark ) usually have a reddish pygidium.
The pygidium is about 3 times wider than long.
Some specimens appear to have a lengthwise mid-ridge from the cephalon to the pygidium.
The cephalon, thorax and pygidium are of approximately equal length.
The pygidium is rounded, and has a long axis with concave, posteriorly parallel sides.
The headshield ( or cephalon ) is almost entirely effaced and wider than the tailshield or pygidium.
The pygidium is rather large, and often rather effaced.
The sides of the abdomen and the pygidium are also gold-green with large white spots.
The pygidium is mostly very small with few segments, that are often difficult to discern.
The Latin species name crassicauda means "fat-tailed", with reference to the shape of the pygidium.
Micropygous - the pygidium is considerably smaller than the cephalon.
A pygidium is present in Palpigradi, Amblypygi, Thelyphonida, Schizomida, Ricinulei and in the extinct order Trigonotarbida.
These modifications, along with the " V " shaped pygidium give these trilobites a cartoon " fish-skeleton " appearance.
Its pygidium ( caudal shield ) was comparatively small.
Along the margins of the pygidium are a pair of very small backward-pointing spines.
The pygidium has 4 or 5 axial rings and small termination.
The tailshield or pygidium has 6 to 8 segments, less well-defined further back, and arching backward.
