Holaspis
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
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Noun
- 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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More examples"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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