Definition of Uropodal. Meaning of Uropodal. Synonyms of Uropodal

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Definition of Uropodal

Uropodal
Uropodal U*rop"o*dal, a. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to a uropod.

Meaning of Uropodal from wikipedia

- through food sources or by drinking, and some species can form their paired uropodal appendages into a tube and funnel water from dewdrops onto their pleopods...
- the last segment of its raptorial claw, and by the colouration of the uropodal endopod, the distal half of which is dark in L. maculata but not in L....
- 3-5 pairs of small spines along with 3 or 4 pairs of longer spines. The uropodal diaeresis, located at the rear end of the organism, possesses movable spinules...
- four in other subfamilies, and by the incomplete proximal suture on the uropodal exopods (either complete and distal or completely absent in the rest of...
- spina, meaning a spine. This is a reference to the increased number of the uropodal spiniform setae, and also to the unique position of the spiniform setae...
- or modified spiniform setae. Pereopod 2 carpopropodus multisegmented. Uropodal endopod with spiniform setae on its inner margin. Members of the genus...
- dip their uropods in the water and oscillate the distance between the uropodal spines to draw water up onto their gills. When it rains, they come out...
- elongate cylindrical body form, without dorsal coxal plates, and with a uropodal exopod attached to the peduncle proximally and dorsally". There are more...
- the mesial margin, and contains no teeth. Its carpus is very short. Its uropodal exopod has a moderately developed lateral spine, and a sinuous diaresis...
- posterolateral angles are bluntly rounded. The posterior margin of the uropodal exopod is slightly convex and features a small incision that houses a hair...