Peltidium is a prodorsal shield found in animals of the Subphylum
Chelicerata
The subphylum Chelicerata (from New Latin, , ) constitutes one of the major subdivisions of the phylum Arthropoda. It contains the sea spiders, horseshoe crabs, and arachnids (including Opiliones, harvestmen, scorpions, spiders, Solifugae, solif ...
, in the Phylum
Arthropoda
Arthropods (, (gen. ποδός)) are invertebrate animals with an exoskeleton, a Segmentation (biology), segmented body, and paired jointed appendages. Arthropods form the phylum Arthropoda. They are distinguished by their jointed limbs and Arth ...
. In some groups (
Schizomida,
Palpigradi
Palpigrades, commonly known as microwhip scorpions, are arachnids belonging to the order Palpigradi.
Description
Palpigrades belong to the arachnid class. They are the sister group to Solifugae, no more than in length, and averaging . They have ...
,
Solpugida
Solifugae is an order of animals in the class Arachnida known variously as camel spiders, wind scorpions, sun spiders, or solifuges. The order includes more than 1,000 described species in about 147 genera. Despite the common names, they are nei ...
and
Opiliones) the peltidium, also known as schizopeltid, can be subdivided in: propeltidium, a carapace-like shield that covers the
proterosoma, which comprises the fused acron (protocerebral region) and first four segments; and two free segments, mesopeltidium and metapeltidium (Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology).
External links
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology
References
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Chelicerate anatomy