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prosoma

A Dictionary of Biology | 2004 | 241 words | Copyright

prosoma The anterior section of the body (see tagma) of arachnids and other arthropods of the phylum Chelicerata, which consists of the fused head and thorax (cephalothorax) and bears the chelicerae and other appendages. Compare opisthosoma.

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