Definitions

Urosomite

• If abdomen (pleon) is subdivided into anterior pleosome and posterior urosome, one of three segments (somites) of urosome. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
• (Taxon-specific: Family Cyatholaimidae) Component somite of a urosome. [Boxshall and Halsey, 2004]

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