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Tergite

Dorsal plate of integument (cf. sternite). [Poore, 2004]
Dorsal plate of segment. [Williams, 1984]
Sclerotized dorsal surface of single body somite. [Moore and McCormick, 1969]
Sclerotized dorsal surface of single body somite. [McLaughlin, 1980]
The dorsal surface of a body segment. [Wilson, 1989]
(Taxon-specific: Class Cephalocarida) Dorsal surface of body segment. Tergite of first five somites are fused to form cephalic shield. (see also sternite). [Stachowitsch, 1992]
(Taxon-specific: Order Cumacea) Dorsal surface of body segment (somite). (See also sternite). [Stachowitsch, 1992]
(Taxon-specific: Order Tanaidacea) Dorsal surface of body segment (somite).
See: Sternite [Stachowitsch, 1992]
(Taxon-specific: Order Decapoda) Dorsal surface of body segment (somite). Tergites of thoracic somites (thoracomeres) typically replaced by carapace.
See: Pleurite, Sternite [Stachowitsch, 1992]
(Taxon-specific: Order Isopoda) Dorsal sclerite of exoskeleton on arthropods. [Wetzer et al. 1997]
(Taxon-specific: Order Isopoda) Dorsal surface of body segment (somite); often expanded laterally.
(syn. tergal plate) [Stachowitsch, 1992]
(Taxon-specific: Order Mysida) Dorsal surface of body segment (somite). May extend ventrolaterally to form pleura in abdominal somites (pleomeres). (See also sternite). [Stachowitsch, 1992]
(Taxon-specific: Order Stomatopoda) Dorsal surface of body segment (somite). (See also sternite). [Stachowitsch, 1992]
(Taxon-specific: Subclass Branchiura) Doral surface of body segment (somite). More clearly delimited only in last three thoracic somites (pereon). [Stachowitsch, 1992]
(Taxon-specific: Subclass Copepoda) The dorsal chitinous plate of a body somite. [Boxshall and Halsey, 2004]
(Taxon-specific: Class Ostracoda) Dorsal surface of body segment (somite). More clearly delimited only in free thoracic somites and abdominal somites. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
(Taxon-specific: Class Remipedia) Dorsal surface of body segment. Tergites of first and last trunk segments are reduced and/or partially fused to head (cephalon) and anal segment; Typically produced laterally into pleurites. (posterolateral corner: rounded pointed). [Stachowitsch, 1992]
(Taxon-specific: Superorder Syncarida) Dorsal surface of body segment (somite). (See also sternite). [Stachowitsch, 1992]
(Taxon-specific: Order Thermosbaenacea) Dorsal surface of body segment (somite). Carapace fused to cephalon and to tergite of first thoracic segment (thoracomere). [Stachowitsch, 1992]
(Taxon-specific: Order Euphausiacea) Dorsal surface of body segment (somite). Tergite of first abdominal somite (pleomere) has clearly delimited anterior section which may give the impression of a separate body segment.
See: Pleurite, Sternite [Stachowitsch, 1992]