Definition of collophore : a thick median tubular pouch usually terminating in a bilobate vesicle and projecting from the ventral surface of the first abdominal segment of all members of the order Collembola

Define Collophore. Collophore synonyms, Collophore pronunciation, Collophore translation, English dictionary definition of Collophore. n. 1. A suckerlike organ at the base of the abdomen of insects belonging to the Collembola. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by …

Collophore definition, a ventral tubelike structure on the abdomen of a springtail. See more.

Collophore. A collophore is a tube-like structure on the ventral side of the first abdominal segment of the body of a collembolan. It used to be believed that it served to stabilise the animal when it jumped by sticking to the surface on which it moved.

A collophore is a tube-like structure on the ventral side of the first abdominal segment of the body of a collembolan. It used to be believed that it served to stabilise the animal when it jumped by sticking to the surface on which it moved.

A collophore is a tube-like structure on the ventral side of the first abdominal segment of the body of springtails (collembolans). It used to be believed that it served to stabilise the animal when it jumped by sticking to the surface on which it moved.

collophore ( plural collophores ) ( zoology) A sucker -like organ at the base of the abdomen of insects belonging to the Collembola. ( zoology) An adhesive marginal organ of the Lucernariae.

Collembolans have a ventral tube termed a collophore on the first abdominal segment. WikiMatrix Members of Collembola are normally less than 6 mm (0.24 in) long, have six or fewer abdominal segments and possess a tubular appendage (the collophore or ventral tube) with eversible sticky vesicles, projecting ventrally from the first abdominal segment.

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Le collophore. Un organe ventral dit « collophore » ou « tube ventral », en forme de petit tube situé sous le premier segment abdominal. Chez certaines espèces (Symphypléones) ce tube peut se dévaginer et atteindre une longueur considérable.