Pygidium
Übersetzung von "pygidium" ins Russisch
pygidium
SubstantivUK
/pɪˈɡɪdɪəm/
US
/pɪˈɡɪdiəm/
pygidium
pygidia Pl.
pygidiums Pl.
The trilobite's pygidium is often well-preserved in fossils.
Пигидий трилобита часто хорошо сохраняется в ископаемых.
Definitionen
pygidium
SubstantivUK
/pɪˈɡɪdɪəm/
US
/pɪˈɡɪdiəm/
The terminal segment of the body in many arthropods, especially trilobites and some insects, which bears the anus and may carry appendages or spines.
The trilobite fossil was well-preserved, showing a distinct pygidium at the end of its segmented body.
The posterior body region of an annelid worm, usually bearing the anus and sometimes sensory structures.
In polychaetes, the pygidium often carries cirri that aid in sensing the environment.