Definitions

Vertex

• The anterior and medial margin of the cephalic dorsal surface. [Wilson, 1989]
• Top part of head (cephalon). [Moore and McCormick, 1969]
• (Taxon-specific: Order Cladocera) Region of head between rostrum and compound eye (i.e., morphologically, part anterior to compound eye). [Stachowitsch, 1992]
• (Taxon-specific: Order Cladocera) Top part of head or cephalon. [McLaughlin, 1980]

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