Talk:Apophysis (spider)

Not unique to spiders

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]