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English: Diagram of the dorsal surface of a scorpion. oc, Lateral compound eyes. oc′, Central monomeniscous eyes. PA, Post-anal spine. I to VI, The six appendage-bearing somites of the prosoma. VII, The tergum of the first somite of the mesosoma—the genital somite—and is not a survival of the embryonic praegenital somite. The anus (not seen) is on the sternal surface. VIII to XIII, The six somites of the mesosoma, each with a movable pleural spine and a pair of dorsal entopophysis or muscle-attaching ingrowths. XIV to XVIII, The confluent or unexpressed six somites of the metasoma. (From Ray Lankester, Quart. Journ. Micr. Sci., vol. xxi., 1881.) |
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 Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, Vol. 2, Page 289 |
| Author | Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911 |
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