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biramous appendages,
which gradually decreased in size posteriorly. The
endopods of the
biramous appendages had 7 segments/podomeres, each with endites...
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respiratory structures on the
endopods are internal, with a
spiracle and pseudotrachaea,
which resemble lungs. In others, the
endopod is
folded inside the adjoining...
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trunk limbs e1-5 =
cephalic limb
endopods, g= gnathobase, en=
endopod ex =
exopod p1-7 =
numbered podomeres of
endopod Closeup restoration of the head Life...
- 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...
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homonomous (i.e.
having little differentiation from each other), with
endopods typically divided into
seven segments/podomeres, and paddle-shaped exopods...
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pairs of appendages: an upper,
unsegmented exite and a lower,
segmented endopod.
These would later fuse into a
single pair of
biramous appendages united...
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curvirostratus has 14,
while Isoxys auritus has 11). In
Isoxys curvirostratus the
endopods have well
defined segments/podomeres. The
first four
biramous limb pairs...
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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...
- two head
appendages and the
trunk limbs are biramous, and have
robust endopods that bear spines, with the
exopods being flap-like and
reinforced by a...
- segment/basipod, with the
terminal segments being tipped with claws. The
endopods sequentially decreased in size posteriorly, with the size
reduction accelerating...
