Definitions

Anal segment

• (Taxon-specific: Order Diplostraca) Telson.
  (syn. anal somite) [Stachowitsch, 1992]
• (Taxon-specific: Order Anostraca) Telson.
  (syn. anal somite) [Stachowitsch, 1992]
• (Taxon-specific: Class Cephalocarida) Telson.
  (syn. anal somite) [Stachowitsch, 1992]
• (Taxon-specific: Class Remipedia) Posteriormost segment of body; partially fused to reduced last trunk segment and bearing both anus and caudal rami. Occasionally also referred to as telson. (Length longer than, equal to, or shorter than width). [Stachowitsch, 1992]

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