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Ozophore

An ozophore is an elevated cone present in the harvestman ("daddy long-legs") suborder Cyphophthalmi. It carries the openings, called ozopores, of the defensive glands[1] that are present in many harvestmen.

The name is derived from Ancient Greek ozo "smell" and phorein "to bear".

Footnotes

  1. ^ Pinto-da-Rocha et al. 2007: 22f

References

  • Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press ISBN 0-674-02343-9