- as the
exopod or exopodite,
while the
internal branch is
known as the
endopod or endopodite.
Other structures aside from the
latter two are
termed exites...
- show one of the
earliest steps in the
evolution of the
endopod, with an
unsclerotized endopod fused to a flap that is
attached to the body wall, rather...
-
pairs of appendages: an upper,
unsegmented exite and a lower,
segmented endopod.
These would later fuse into a
single pair of
biramous appendages united...
-
carpopropodus of the
endopod (inner branch) of the 3rd to 8th
pereopods are not
fused and
there is no
statocyst on the
endopod of the
uropods (posterior...
-
segment 1 is 0.23-0.26 of the
ramus length, with two
outer spiniform setae;
endopod with two or
three spiniform setae. For a long time the
species was known...
- paddle-shaped and
setiforous (bearing hair-or
bristle like structures). The limb
endopod has
seven podomeres/segments, with
first four
podomeres bearing inward...
-
appendages is
biramous and the
endopods are the
better developed of the branches,
being used for
crawling or grasping. Each
endopod consist of
seven articulating...
-
sometimes also the first, are
modified for use in
transferring sperm. The
endopods (inner
branches of the pleopods) are
modified into
structures with thin...
-
homonomous (i.e.
having little differentiation from each other), with
endopods typically divided into
seven segments/podomeres, and paddle-shaped exopods...
- in size posteriorly.
Their morphology is simple, the
morphology of the
endopod is
similar to
those of the
anterior three uniramous head limbs,
while the...
