Definitions

Ecdysis

• Act of molting the integument. [McLaughlin, 1980]
• In crustaceans, the shedding of the old exoskeleton, or shell. [Bliss, 1982]
• Moulting; the shedding of the old cuticle. [Ingle, 1983]
• see Molting. [Butler, T. H.]
• (Taxon-specific: Order Isopoda) Molting of the integument. [Kensley and Schotte, 1989]
• (Taxon-specific: Subclass Copepoda) The process of shedding the exoskeleton during molting. [Ferrari and Dahms, in press]

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