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uropod

[′yu̇r·ə‚päd]
(invertebrate zoology)
One of the flattened abdominal appendages of various crustaceans that with the telson forms the tail fan.
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Pleonite 5, telson and uropods, dorsal ([female]); E.
Terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea, Oniscidea) from the coasts of Costa Rica, with descriptions of three new species/Isopoda terrestre (Crustacea, Oniscidea) de las costas de Costa Rica, con descripciones de tres nuevas especies
Pleon of 6 incompletely separated pleomeres, its central axis greatly rotated to one side, posterior-most point of body side of pleomeres 1 and 2, pleomeres bearing blunt lateral plates but lacking all pleopods and uropods. Male: Body about 4 times as long as broad, fusiform in outline.
Redescription of Bathygyge grandis Hansen, 1897 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Bopyridae) from Southern California with erection of a new subfamily, Bathygyginae
Neutrophils polarize their cytoskeleton to form a leading edge (lamellipodia or pseudopod) towards the signal of origin and a trailing uropod in the posterior of the cell.
Congenital defects in neutrophil dynamics
Each female was branded by the ablation and cuts on the uropods for identification.
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Twenty-four hours later, these animals were clearly infected, showing fragile antennas and soft cuticle as well as chromatophore expansion along the whole surface of the body, particularly at the tail fan (telson and uropods).
Infection of cultured human and monkey cell lines with extract of penaeid shrimp infected with Taura syndrome virus. (Dispatches)
It differs from other isopods in New Mexico by being aquatic and having two pairs of oar-like appendages (uropods) attached to the abdomen.
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Mussels colonized virtually all areas of the crayfish bodies but the chelae, telson and uropods and thorax were most heavily colonized.
Zebra Mussel [Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas)] Colonization of Rusty Crayfish [Orconectes rusticus (Girard)] in Green Bay, Lake Michigan
Gammarus fossarum Koch is one of the four species of gammarids of the pulex group (Karaman and Pinkster 1977a, b, 1987), recognizable by the setation of the second antennae and the morphology of uropods and pleopods (Roux 1963, Goedsmakers 1981b).
Impact of water calcium on the phenotypic diversity of alpine populations of Gammarus fossarum
Hamaticolax scutigerulus, ventral view: (A) female and its (B) anterior portion, (C) egg sacs and (D) uropods; (E) male.
First record of Hamaticolax scutigerulus (Copepoda: Bomolochidae) in Brazil, ectoparasite of the spotted goatfish Pseudupeneus maculatus (Actinopterygii: Mullidae)/Primeiro registro de Hamaticolax scutigerulus (Copepoda: Bomolochidae), parasito de saramunete Pseudupeneus maculatus (Actinopterygii: Mullidae), no Brasil
Morphologically, Creaseria and Neopalaemon are very similar, differing in a few characters such as the hepatic and branchiostegal spines on the carapace, the setation of the fifth pereiopod and the shape of the telson and uropods (Hobbs et al., 1977).
Relaciones filogeneticas entre los generos de camarones palaemonidos de agua dulce (Crustacea: Decapoda) de Mexico: ?evidencia de invasiones multiples?
The progress of WSSV infection in the bioinoculated shrimps showed that WSSV first affected the pleopods followed by uropods. The injected shrimps showed gross clinical signs of WSSV infection.
Morphogenesis, pathogenesis, detection and transmission risks of White Spot Syndrome Virus in shrimps
Pieces of the shell (carapace, abdomen, telson, uropods, pleopods, claws, and legs) of each lobster were stored in 95% ethanol, acetonitrile, or Bouin's solution, or they were frozen at -80[degrees]C as part of a proposed tissue bank for later studies.
The "100 lobsters" project: a cooperative demonstration project for health assessments of lobsters from Rhode Island

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