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mx id: 1150 | OBO id: HAO:0000277 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000277

dorso-pleural line

Definition:

The anatomical line that is located between the dorsum and the pleuron.

written by: Deans, A. R. 2009. HAO curator..

Relationships / properties:

The dorso-pleural line is a anatomical line.

The dorso-pleural line is part of the segment.

dorso-pleural line by Deans, A. R. 2009. HAO curator..

comment added over 13 years ago by Istvan Miko

Is it really an anatomical line? Is it possible to define anatomical on no anatomical points defining this line or the line is extending along the lateral margin of the dorsum? In the latter case this is not an anatomical line, but a well defined "line".

Reference: None provided.
Cross reference: None provided.

alternative definition added over 14 years ago by Andy Deans

The line of separation between the dorsum and the pleural region of the body, often marked by a fold or a groove

Reference: Snodgrass, R. E. 1935. Principles of insect morphology. McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York & London 667 pp.
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