English

Noun

ovigers

1. plural of oviger
   • 2015 September 1, James C. Lamsdell et al., “The oldest described eurypterid: a giant Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) megalograptid from the Winneshiek Lagerstätte of Iowa”, in BMC Evolutionary Biology, volume 15, DOI:10.1186/s12862-015-0443-9:

     The third appendage is modified in some pycnogonids and xiphosurids for use in reproduction, as either an ancillary pair of claspers or ovigers (Fig.  26a, b ), and this appendage is differentiated into a tactile sensory limb (Fig.  26f ) in some arachnids, including thelyphonids, while some opilionids have a differentiated fourth appendage.