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telson
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telson [′tel·sən]
(invertebrate zoology)
The postabdominal segment in lobsters, amphipods, and certain other invertebrates.


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At two localities, 38[degrees]S on the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge (PAR) and the North Fiji Basin, we found the limpets attached to bythograeid crab telsons that we had collected (Fig.
There was a distinct raising of the telsons in conjunction with intensive ventilatory movements.
When the majority of the females showed some degree of ovarian maturation, and just before the first mature female with intact telsons was ready to spawn, all females with intact telsons from each treatment were weighed and dissected to determine the gonadosomatic index (GSI = 100 x gonad weight / total body weight) and hepatosomatic index (HSI = 100 x hepatopancreas weight / total body weight).
 
 
 
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