Definitions

Dorsum

• The dorsal surface of a body segment.
  (pl. dorsa) [Wilson, 1989]
• (Taxon-specific: Class Ostracoda) In carapace, more or less flattened area to each side of hinge; delimited from lateral surface by angle in valve. [Stachowitsch, 1992]

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