Dermal bone that is located on or subjacent to the surface anywhere on the body and that is not part of the general complement of scales, dermal bone of the dermatocranium, postcranial axial skeleton or paired fin skeleton. Bony plate may exist singly, or as unpaired or paired clusters or series. [ TAO:wd ]
Synonyms: armor osteoderms armor plate
Term information
- ZFA:0005532
This class was sourced from an external ontology (teleost_anatomy). Its definitions, naming conventions and relationships may need to be checked for compatibility with uberon
Term relations
- dermal bone
- part of some bony plate series
- part of some integument
- part of some postcranial axial skeleton