One of the main divisions of the whole organism of arthropods formed from groups of segments. [ doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-385026-3.00024-3 ]
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Strictly speaking the term "tagma" cam be used for any metameric organism, however we follow the common usage which is to restrict the term to arthropods.
Term relations
Subclass of:
- subdivision of organism along main body axis
- in taxon some Arthropoda
- in taxon some (not Vertebrata
) - part of some multicellular organism