Metasoma

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Not to be confused with metastoma.
Scorpion anatomy: 1 = prosoma; 2 = mesosoma; 3 = metasoma
petiole
.

The metasoma is the posterior part of the body, or

caterpillars) have some form of appendages, such as prolegs or, in aquatic insects, gills
.

In

sternites.[2]

In scorpions, the metasoma is the tail.[3] In other chelicerates, such as spiders, the mesosoma is fused with the metasoma to form the opisthosoma.[1]

References

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    ISBN 978-81-7141-897-8
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  2. ISBN 978-0-12-374144-8
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  3. ISBN 978-0-12-374144-8
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