Difference between revisions of "ecdysial tube"

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|definition=([[Arthropoda]]: [[Insecta]]) In some Diptera and Coleoptera, a simple cuticular tube formed around the old spiracle and through which the old spiracle and trachea are pulled during molting.
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|definition=([[Arthropoda]]: [[Insecta]]) In some Diptera and Coleoptera, a simple [[cuticular]] tube formed around the old [[spiracle]] and through which the old [[spiracle]] and [[trachea]] are pulled during molting.
 
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Latest revision as of 23:34, 13 September 2013

ecdysial tube: (Arthropoda: Insecta) In some Diptera and Coleoptera, a simple cuticular tube formed around the old spiracle and through which the old spiracle and trachea are pulled during molting.