Holaspis

noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

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"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."

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