Definitions

A lateral fold of a somite's integument dorsal to the limbs. Sometimes called the pleurite or tergal fold. [Wilson, 1989]
Each lateral part of integument of somite.
(syn. epimeron, pleurepimere, pleurite, pleuron, pleura, pleural lobe, tergal fold) [McLaughlin, 1980]
Lateral downfold of tergite.
(syn. epimeron, pleurepimere, pleurite, pleuron (pl., pleura), pleura (pl., pleurae), tergal fold) [Moore and McCormick, 1969]
Lateral part of wall of body somites situated between tergum and insertion of appendages. [Williams, 1984]
(Taxon-specific: Order Cumacea) Poorly developed lateral part/extension of somites in pereon and pleon region. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
(Taxon-specific: Order Decapoda) Pleurite.
(syn. epimeron) [Stachowitsch, 1992]
(Taxon-specific: Order Amphipoda) Lateral projection of segments of anterior abdomen (pleomere). (posterodistal angle: acute, rounded, quadrate, prolonged into large tooth; margins: smooth, serrate, setose).
(syn. epimeral plate) [Stachowitsch, 1992]
(Taxon-specific: Order Isopoda) Lateral extension of body,either of the body wall proper or, in the pereon, more frequently of coxae of pereopods (more accurately termed coxal plate).
(syn. epimeron) [Stachowitsch, 1992]