A sclerite (Greek σκληρός, sklēros, meaning "hard") is a hardened body part. In various branches of biology the term is applied to various structures,...

with the latter. The body of the sclerite articulates laterally with the second axillary. The second axillary sclerite (2Ax) is more variable in form than...

'apex' or 'margin'. A given tergum may be divided into hardened plates or sclerites commonly referred to as tergites. In a thoracic segment, for example,...

wiwaxiids and is thus equivalent to the Halwaxiida. Armor plates called "sclerites" had long been known as elements of the small shelly fossils, and detailed...

two pleura or laterals. Hardened plates in the exoskeleton are called sclerites, which are subdivisions of the major regions – tergites, sternites, and...

foot is also unusual, being armored at the sides with iron-mineralised sclerites. The snail's oesophageal gland houses symbiotic gammaproteobacteria from...

polyphagan beetle groups can be identified by the presence of cervical sclerites (hardened parts of the head used as points of attachment for muscles)...

to have been as a modular organism with each module covered by its own sclerite (armor plate) and bearing a pair of biramous limbs. However, whether the...

is made up of a dorsal and a ventral sclerite, connected by an elastic membrane. In some females, the sclerites are rolled into a flexible, telescopic...

The abdomen of species like Camponotus inflatus consists of hard dorsal sclerites (stiff plates) connected by a softer, more flexible arthrodial membrane...