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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
William S. Burroughs The Western Lands
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Cephalothorax / Prosoma - the anterior body segment. legs, pedipalps, and chelicera all mount to the cephalothorax.
Abdomen / Opisthosoma - the posterior body segment. spinnerets and anal tubercle mount to the abdomen.
"Head"
Carapace - the top/dorsal armor plate of the cephalothorax
Chelicerae - mounted beneath anterior edge of carapace
Rastellum - teeth on chelicerae used for digging, found on some taxa. i believe this is where the term/taxa grouping Rastelloid comes from
Fang - large tooth used in prey subduction and feeding. hollow channel delivers venom.
Caput - located anteriomedially on carapace. region eyes (when present) are located on. often slightly or distinctly elevated
Fovea - large depression in center of carapace. shape indicates taxa. see (Thoracic Groove Types)
Sternum - the bottom/ventral armor plate of the cephalothorax
Pedicel - constriction between cephalothorax and abdomen.
"Body"
Leg
Tarsus - most distal leg segment
. . Ungues - ~retractable toe claws
. . Scopulae - molecularily adhesive pads found in some taxa. sometimes present on metatarsus, also
Metatarsus
. . Scopulae - molecularily adhesive pads found in some taxa. sometimes present on tarsus, also
Tibia
. . Apophysis - "hooks" present in some taxa's mature males
Patella
Femur - most proximal leg segment
Trochanter -
Coxa - "shoulder joint". possesses seals to close for autotomy ("leg throwing") in some species
I, II, III, IV - convenient way to indicate legpair, most anterior (I) to most posterior (IV)
Pedipalp
INTERNAL ANATOMY _________________
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
William S. Burroughs The Western Lands
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Proximal - closest to body
Distal - farthest from body
Superior - above
Inferior - below
Apical - farthest from body
Medial - center
Basal - closest to body
Lateral - pertaining to the side, away from the center
Prolateral - pertainign to the side facing anterior
Retrolateral - pertaining to the side facing posterior _________________
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
William S. Burroughs The Western Lands
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ALL
Crepuscular - time between light and dark, i.e. ~ dusk and dawn
Imago (pl. imagos, imagines) - adult stage of (fully?) metamorphic insects
EATERS
Hematophagous - feeds on (blood?)
Phitophagous (phytophagous) - feeds on plants
Saprophagous - feeds on decaying matter
Xylophagous - feeds on wood
LIVERS
saprophilous - living/flourishing on decaying matter
Saprophyte - a plant, fungus, or microorganism that lives in decaying material
Saproxylic - rotting wood, species dependant thereof
Epigeic - (top burrower) lives on or near the surface of the ground
Endogeic - (mid burrower) lives in soil and feeds on roots(?). lives & feeds in mineral lay of soil
Hypogeic - (deep burrower?)
Anecic - (worms, surface to mid burrower) lives in vertical burrows extending from surface to mineral soil layers. eat surface debris _________________
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
William S. Burroughs The Western Lands
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Allopatric - having two distinct and/or seperate populations. allopatric populations do not exchange genes.
-ensis - place-name ending for species. i.e. Smeringurus mesaensis is a species that comes from Mesa, AZ.
Sympatric - different species or populations that live in the same or overlapping areas _________________
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
William S. Burroughs The Western Lands
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
William S. Burroughs The Western Lands
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Apomorphy - a derived, specialized or new genetic characteristic to a clade
Autopomorphy - a unique apomorphy
Clade - a monophyletic group of organisms; a group of organisms that share homologous characteristics inherited from an ancenstor organism
Monophyly - when a taxonomical group comes from a single common ancestor
Parsimony - the simplest interpretation of genetic data
Plesiomorphy - a primitive characteristic found in the ancestral organism
Synapomorphy - a single or group of characteristics shared by groups of organisms due to be inherited from a common ancestor _________________
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
William S. Burroughs The Western Lands
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
If you would like a term defined or explained please post it to this thread. Once it is dealt with your post will be deleted or chain quoted as the thread grows.
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
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