Definitions

Gnathothorax

• Cephalothorax with all appendages of fused thoracic somites modified as maxillipeds. [McLaughlin, 1980]
• Tagma resulting from fusion of gnathal somites (mandibular, two maxillary) with one or more thoracic somites, limbs of which are modified to act as mouth parts.
  See: Cephalothorax   [Moore and McCormick, 1969]

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