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Exopodite
Exopodite Ex*op"o*dite, n. [Exo- + Gr. ?, foot.] (Zo["o]l) The external branch of the appendages of Crustacea.

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- external branch (ramus) of the appendages of crustaceans is known as the exopod or exopodite, while the internal branch is known as the endopod or endopodite...
- size reduction accelerating beyond the 9th pair. The upper branch (the exopod), which functioned as gill was segmented and bore thin filamentous structures...
- uropods. Uropods are typically biramouscomprising an endopod and an exopod. The exopod is typically the larger, and may be divided in two by a transverse...
- defined by the lack of exopods (outer branches) of prosomal appendage II-V in the adult instar, where in contrast the exopods of appendage II-V are well-developed...
- Exolaunch designs and manufactures in-house small satellite deployment systems, EXOpod for CubeSats and CarboNIX for microsatellites. It also manufactures EXObox...
- extinct taxa such as trilobites have another segmented branch known as exopods, but whether these structures have a single origin remain controversial...
- other subfamilies, and by the incomplete proximal suture on the uropodal exopods (either complete and distal or completely absent in the rest of subfamilies)...
- lacking any lateral ridges. Their antennae lack a scaphocerite, the flattened exopod of the antenna. This is fused to the epistome (a plate between the labrum...
- the partially articulated junction with the body is distinct from the exopods of Chelicerata or Crustacea. The inside of the coxa (or gnathobase) carries...
- which resemble lungs. In others, the endopod is folded inside the adjoining exopod (outer branch of the pleopod). Both these arrangements help to prevent evaporation...