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Definition of Pereion
1. Noun. The thorax of a crustacean, between the head (cephalon) and abdomen (pleon). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pereion
1. the thorax of some crustaceans [n -REIONS or -REIA]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pereion
Literary usage of Pereion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in the Collection of the by Charles Spence Bate (1862)
"pereion not compressed. Having either the lower antennae sub- ... None of the
segments of the pereion or pleon are obsolete or fused together. ..."
2. A History of the British Sessile-eyed Crustacea by Charles Spence Bate, John Obadiah Westwood (1868)
"The anterior segments of the pleon bulge very much, assuming the appearance of
one of the segments of the pereion, and from this it tapers very gradually to ..."
3. Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in the Collection of the by Charles Spence Bate (1862)
"three segments of the pereion. Eyes very large, oval, black. Superior antennae
about half the length ..."
4. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1866)
"Cephalon small, triangular; eye median; antennae short; pereion cylindrical,
narrowing to the extremities; somites distinct, four; pleon nearly as long as ..."
5. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1889)
"The three anterior segments of the pereion rather shorter than the succeeding
... The pleon is about half the length of the pereion, and rather narrower ..."
6. Catalogue of the Australian Stalk- and Sessile-eyed Crustacea by William Aitcheson Haswell, Australian Museum (1882)
"Superior antennae equal in length to the cephalon and the two first segments of
the pereion ; first two segments of the peduncle subequal, last short. ..."
7. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, Vic.), Royal Society of Victoria (1901)
"First segment of pereion about as long as the succeeding segment, ... First appendage
of pereion in the male with enormous sub- chelate hand. Remarks. ..."
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