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Pleon

A term that refers to the abdomen in malacostracans. [Brusca and Brusca, 2002]
Abdomen of crustacean. [Moore and McCormick, 1969]
Abdominal body division, usually comprising five somites and often bearing biramous pleopods. [Holdich and Jones, 1983]
See abdomen; also first 3 abdominal somites of amphipods. [McLaughlin, 1980]
Posterior division (tagma) of body (either cephalon, pereon, pleon or cephalothorax, pleon). Narrow, consisting of six somites (pleonites) bearing posterior telson.
(syn. abdomen) [Stachowitsch, 1992]
Posterior of three divisions (tagmata) of body (either head, thorax, pleon, or head, pereon, pleon). Consists basically of six somites (pleomeres) bearing posterior telson.
(syn. abdomen)
See: Pleotelson [Stachowitsch, 1992]
Abdomen. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
Posterior division (tagma) of body (cephalon, pereon, pleon) consisting basically of six somites (pleomeres). May be further subdivided into anterior pleosome and posterior urosome. Reduced or absent in certain amphipods.
(syn. abdomen) [Stachowitsch, 1992]
Abdomen. [Wetzer et al. 1997]
Posterior division (tagma) of body (cephalon, pereon, pleon) consisting basically of six segments (pleonites).
(syn. abdomen)
See: Pleotelson [Stachowitsch, 1992]
Posterior or abdominal region of the body, primitively consisting of six segments or pleonites, and bearing paired pleopod and uropod appendages. [Kensley and Schotte, 1989]
Abdomen. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
Abdomen. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
(Taxon-specific: Class Secernentea) Abdomen. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
(Taxon-specific: Order Monhysterida) Abdomen. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
Abdomen. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
Abdomen. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
Abdomen. [Stachowitsch, 1992]