rsoventral discrepancies in these arthropods.
We would like to thank Wolfgang Dohle for stimulating discussions on Glomeris segmentation. The work of W.D. was supported in part by the DFG via SFB 572 of the University of Cologne and by the European Union via the Marie Curie Research and Training Network ZOONET (MRTN-CT-2004-005624), and the work of N.-M.P. was supported by a DFG grant (TA99/19-2).
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