ovigers

English

Noun

ovigers

  1. plural of oviger
    • 2015 September 1, James C. Lamsdell et al., “The oldest described eurypterid: a giant Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) megalograptid from the Winneshiek Lagerstätte of Iowa”, in BMC Evolutionary Biology‎, volume 15, →DOI:
      The third appendage is modified in some pycnogonids and xiphosurids for use in reproduction, as either an ancillary pair of claspers or ovigers (Fig. 26a, b ), and this appendage is differentiated into a tactile sensory limb (Fig. 26f ) in some arachnids, including thelyphonids, while some opilionids have a differentiated fourth appendage.
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