Talk:Apophysis (spider)

Latest comment: 4 years ago by A loose necktie in topic Not unique to spiders

Not unique to spiders edit

This is an anatomical feature of arthropods in general, not just of spiders. Am not certain how best to make this clear. Peter? A loose necktie (talk) 14:38, 1 December 2019 (UTC)Reply

@A loose necktie: well, the redirect is here so that in a spider article if the term "apophysis" is used, it can be wikilinked as [[Apophysis (spider)|apophysis]] rather than [[Glossary of spider terms#apophysis|apophysis]]. So what's needed for arthropods generally is another redirect, e.g. at Apophysis (arthropod), that goes to somewhere where apophyses are discussed for arthropods generally. I don't think there is anywhere – or if there is I can't find it – but a section could perhaps be added at Arthropod exoskeleton. In spiders, it's mostly used in relation to the male palp, so tends to have a more specialized meaning. Peter coxhead (talk) 17:24, 1 December 2019 (UTC)Reply
Got it! I recently came across the term in the context of the anatomy of Cimex and tried to look up the term and found this article (Cimex is definitely not a spider!). A loose necktie (talk) 21:27, 2 December 2019 (UTC)Reply