Akademik

abdominal somite

Any single division of body behind thorax. (Syn. pleomere, pleonite) [Moore and McCormick, 1969].

Any single division of body between thorax and telson. (Syn. pleomere, pleonite) [McLaughlin, 1980].

(Class Cephalocarida):

One of 11 segments of abdomen. First abdominal somite (= 9^th postcephalic segment) bears reduced pair of appendages ("genital appendages"). Last abdominal somite (19^th postcephalic segment) bears telson [Stachowitsch, 1992].

(Order Decapoda):

Pleomere [Stachowitsch, 1992].

Crustacea glossary. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 2011.