Scuta.The scuta and carinal half of the terga are blueish-green. |
After cutting the pleural membrane between the sterna and terga, it was possible to remove the entire genital apparatus with a fine-tipped forceps. |
Altogether the scuta and terga are attached, as far as muscles are concerned, to the shell and sack, by three longitudinal pairs. |
The wings of Hexapoda are lateral expansions of the terga of the second and third thoracic somites. |
This articulation of the scuta and terga is prefigured amongst the Lepadid, in Pollicipes mitella, and in Lithotrya. |
Operculum, or opercular valves.These consist of a pair of scuta and a pair of terga. |