NOUN
- either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing
How To Use chelicera In A Sentence
- More problematic are the relationships of the four major groups, hexapods (including insects), crustaceans, myriapods (including centipedes and millipedes), and chelicerates (including spiders).
- As defined by Collins, Dinocarids are bilaterally symmetrical arthropods with a body divided into two principal tagmata, recalling the prosoma and opisthosoma of chelicerates, and a non-mineralised cuticle.
- Cheliceramorphs are distinguished by having a body divided into two main divisions, technically called the prosoma and the opisthosoma.
- The chelicerate body plan is characterized by two tagmata, the prosoma, including head structures, and the opisthosoma.
- The chelicerate body plan is characterized by two tagmata, the prosoma, including head structures, and the opisthosoma.
- However, familiarity with potential prey items greatly enhances recognition of even soft-bodied prey from diagnostic indigestible body parts such as wings, elytra, mandibles, or chelicerae.
- Hemocyanins have been studied thoroughly only in the Chelicerata and the malacostracan Crustacea, but they have been identified in all arthropod subphyla, including the Myriapoda and Hexapoda.
- Larval mites have a short gnathosoma with stocky pedipalps on either side of paired chelicerae. Arthropoda
- Some arachnid chelicerates are parasites, such as ticks and mites.
- Attached to the prosoma are the bird eater's eight legs, their pedipalps and two chelicerae's. CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
