Definition of Exopodites. Meaning of Exopodites. Synonyms of Exopodites

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Definition of Exopodites

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

Meaning of Exopodites from wikipedia

- (inner structures). Exopodites can be easily distinguished from exites by the possession of internal musculature. The exopodites can sometimes be missing...
- Armadillidium vulgare, male pleon, ventral view. en endopodite ep epimeron ex exopodite lg pleopodal lung pp pleopod pr protopodite pt pleotelson ur uropod...
- Endopodites are attached to the coxa, which also bore a feather-like exopodite, or gill branch, which was used for respiration and, in some species,...
- fossuligerum sensu lato vs straight in A. jerrentrupi) and the longer uropod-exopodites. Armadillidium jerrentrupi is a medium-sized species, reaching maximum...
- PMID 18690662. S2CID 17617567. Geoff A. Boxshall; Damià Jaume (2009). "Exopodites, epipodites and gills in crustaceans" (PDF). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny...
- (2001). "Morphology and evolution of respiratory structures in the pleopod exopodites of terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea)". Acta Zoologica...
- trapezoidal in A. insulanum) and the length of the posterior lobe of the exopodite of the first pleopod of the male (longer in A. phalacronum). Armadillidium...
- decorated with a hair-field at its apical part. The posterior lobe of the exopodite of the first pleopod is triangular and the apex of the endopodite bends...
- predatory genus of water flea. The two species have four pairs of legs with exopodites, or outer branches. The legs are adapted for catching mobile prey, generally...
- appendages and a segmented short tailspine. The well developed paddle-like exopodites on the trunk and pygidium limbs along with its small size suggests that...