-
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...
- flukes. The
appendages bear
heavily sclerotised spined basal segments (
basipods)
called gnathobases, used to
process food. In S. minor, the
biramous appendages...
-
being 7
segmented and clawed, with two
smaller claws on
segment 6. The
basipods of
these limbs were
cylindrical and broad, and did not
function as gnathobases...
- is best
considered to be a stem-group or ally of the aglaspidids. Its
basipods closely resembles those of Emeraldella, and is
suggested to be related...
- were uniramous, with the
remaining appendage pairs being biramous. The
basipods and
endopods of the
biramous limbs had
prominently developed endites, while...
- structures. The
second and
third head
appendages are
uniramous and have
basipods (basal segments)
modified into
spined gnathobases (used to
process food)...
-
robust appendages, K. soperi
could capture prey,
probably using its
prickly basipods to
bring them to its mouth. The name of the
genus is
derived from the Greenlandic...
- 50 leg-bearing
trunk segments. Each of its
biramous leg has 5-segmented
basipods,
followed by an
exopod (flap-like
outer branch) and 7-segmented endopod...
- gut. In addition, fine
parallel stripes may
represent muscle fibres. The
basipods appear thin and C-curved in
anteroposterior aspect, with
their anterior...
