protopodite
invertebrate anatomy
Also known as: protopod
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crustaceans
- In crustacean: Appendages
…has a basal part, or protopodite, bearing two branches, an inner endopodite and an outer exopodite. The protopodite can vary greatly in its development and may have additional lobes on both its inner and outer margin, called, respectively, endites and exites. The walking legs of many malacostracans have become uniramous…
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