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holaspis

holaspis noun: a stage in the development of a trilobite at which the creature has gained its adult segmentation, but continues to molt and grow.

Noun

holaspis (plural holaspides)

  1. A stage in the development of a trilobite at which the creature has gained its adult segmentation, but continues to molt and grow.
    • A similar situation may also characterize S. wenlockiana, a species with six segments in holaspis, the smallest holaspids of which have similar glabellar lengths to those of the sixth degree meraspis of A. konincki.2001, Jonathan M. Adrain, Gregory D. Edgecombe, Bruce S. Lieberman, editors, Fossils, Phylogeny, and Form: An Analytical Approach, page 46
    • The pygidial spines are stout and direct outward in the early holaspis (Fig. 2, A-B, F), but become slender and direct inward in the late holaspis (Fig. 2, D, E).2008, Xuejian Zhu, Shanchi Peng, Jingxun Zuo, “Revision an Ventral Structure of Guangxiaspis guangxiensis Zhou, 1977 (Trilobita)”, in Isabel Rábano, Rodolfo Gozalo, Diego García-Bellido Capdevila...

Forms of holaspis

pluralholaspides

Questions about holaspis

What does holaspis mean?
Holaspis means a stage in the development of a trilobite at which the creature has gained its adult segmentation, but continues to molt and grow.
What part of speech is holaspis?
Holaspis is a noun.
What is the plural of holaspis?
The plural of holaspis is holaspides.

Words near holaspis in the dictionary

  1. Holargos
  2. holarosine
  3. holaspid
  4. holaspidean
  5. holaspides
  6. holaspis
  7. holasteroid
  8. holasteroids
  9. holaxonian
  10. holaxonians
  11. Holb

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