1) Arachnid anatomy
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The gnathosoma (from Greek γνάθος, gnáthos = `jaw` and σώμα, sóma = `body`) is the part of the body of the Acari (mites and ticks) comprising the mouth and feeding parts. These are the hypostome, the chelicerae and the pedipalps. It is also called the capitulum (however, this word also has other meanings). It is separated from the ...
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(from the article `acarid`) ...by the lack of body segmentation, although it is secondarily developed in a few families. This is a characteristic shared only with the spiders ...
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The anterior part of the body of mites and ticks which bears the mouth and mouthparts.
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