Definitions

Exoskeleton

• Chitinous or calcified outer integument of crustaceans. [McLaughlin, 1980]
• Chitinous or calcined outer integument of body (pleurites, sternites, tergites) and appendages.
  See: Endoskeleton   [Stachowitsch, 1992]
• Entire horny (in part chitinous) more or less calcified outer covering of crustacean body and its appendages. [Moore and McCormick, 1969]
• Outer covering of arthropods; "shell". [Hobbs and Jass, 1988]
• The skeleton covering the outside of the body. [Ingle, 1983]

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