Definitions
Neck
- (Taxon-specific: Subclass Copepoda) A narrow part of the body separating the head from the trunk in highly metamorphic parasites, typically formed by a pedigerous somite. [Boxshall and Halsey, 2004]
- (Taxon-specific: Class Ostracoda) In parasitic copepod, relatively narrow region of body between head and trunk; composed of several thoracic somites (thoracomeres). [Stachowitsch, 1992]