telson

noun

1. The part of an arthropod or crustacean posterior to the last segment, often resembling an armored tail or tip of the tail.

   Although Crangonya evidently comes very close to Niphargus, it appears to be a good genus, and to differ constantly from Niphargus in the more robust body and in the telson, which is always entire and never cleft as in Niphargus.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τέλσον (télson, “headland”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry telson (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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