-
single pair of
biramous appendages united by a
basal segment (protopod or
basipod), with the
upper branch acting as a gill
while the
lower branch was used...
- From left to right: plantigrade,
digitigrade and unguligrade. In red the
basipod, in
violet the metapodia, in
yellow the phalanges, in
brown the keratin...
- the
basipod’s size) and flattened, with each
segment bearing one to two
setae along their sides. The
third limb pair has a
somewhat longer basipod with...
-
elongate and leg-like with 5 segments/podomeres
excluding the
basal segment/
basipod, with the
terminal segments being tipped with claws. The
endopods sequentially...
- gut. In addition, fine
parallel stripes may
represent muscle fibres. The
basipods appear thin and C-curved in
anteroposterior aspect, with
their anterior...
- flukes. The
appendages bear
heavily sclerotised spined basal segments (
basipods)
called gnathobases, used to
process food. In S. minor, the
biramous appendages...
-
proximal segments on the
endopods and more hook-like
distal segments. The
basipod has two rows of
spines along the middle, with a leaf-shaped
exopod of similar...
-
followed by 5
pairs of
appendages that bore
large gnathobases (modified
basipod/base of the
appendages used to
process food),
increasing in size posteriorly...
- with 5 segments,
which are
tipped with claws, with a 4 or 5
segmented basipod with well
developed endites (structures
present on the
underside of the...
-
bearing a
sharply raised gnathobase with an incisor-like protrusion. The
basipod is
subrectangular (rectangular with
rounded corners), and
narrows distally...
