kentrogon

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kentrogon (noun; Greek kentor, piercer; gone, that which generates): (Arthropoda: Crustacea) In Rhizocephala, undifferentiated cells formed after the cyprid larval molts and its appendages and carapace are discarded, that penetrates the integument of a Decapoda host.