Definitions
Endopod
- (Figure only.) [Holthuis, 1993]Schematic drawing of a thoracic leg. [Holthuis, 1993]
- Inner branch of biramous appendage, especially one arising from protopodite of pleopod. [Butler, T. H.]
- Inner of two branches of biramous limb, comprising ischium through to dactylus; in many the dominant or only branch.
(syn. endopodite) [Poore, 2004] - Inner ramus of biramous appendage. [McLaughlin, 1980]
- Innermost ramus of limb arising from protopod basis; in the Eumalacostraca typically composed of five segments (ischium, merus, carpus, propodus, dactylus). [Moore and McCormick, 1969]
- Medial of two rami arising from the protopod and constituting the biramous limb. [Brusca and Brusca, 2002]
- Mesial ramus of a biramus appendage, especially one arising from the basis or from the protopodite of the pleopod. [Perez Farfante and Kensley, 1997]
- Mesial ramus of biramus appendage, originating on basal segment (basis) (see Fig. 13). [Hobbs and Jass, 1988]
- The inner branch of a biramous appendage. [Ingle, 1983]
- The inner of the two branches of the primitive appendage (Fig. 2). [Warner, 1977]
- The medial or interior ramus of a crustacean appendage. In the Isopoda, another name for a thoracic appendage (exclusive of the coxa and basis), although more typically applied to the inner ramus of a pleopod or a uropod. [Wilson, 1989]
- The mesial branch of a bifurcate appendage, especially one arising from the protopodite of the pleopod of shrimps. [Chace and Hobbs, 1969]
- The mesial ramus if a biramus appendage, having its origin on the basis. [Hobbs, Hobbs, and Daniel 1977]
- (Taxon-specific: ) Lobe-like inner branch (ramus) of trunk appendage; lacks articulation with protopodal part of appendage and is more or less continuous with distal endites. Forms entire distal part of limb in certain predatory water fleas.
(syn. endopodite) [Stachowitsch, 1992] - Inner lobe at distal end of thoracopod or abdominal appendage in certain tadpole shrimp. Most distal (sixth) endite also occasionally termed endopod.
(syn. endopodite) [Stachowitsch, 1992] - Unsegmented, lobe-like inner branch of trunk appendage; often termed sixth endite.
(syn. endopodite) [Stachowitsch, 1992] - (Taxon-specific: Family Pycnogonidae) Inner branch of thoracic appendage (thoracopod). Unsegmented, lobe-like, and bearing marginal setae. Not articulated with protopod and therefore occasionally termed sixth endite. Serves in feeding. (oval, rectangular) (See also exopod).
(syn. endopodite) [Stachowitsch, 1992] - Inner branch of biramous appendage. Refers to two-segmented branch of antennae, lobate branch (in larvae only) of mandibles, annulate branch of maxillules, six-segmented branch of maxillae, and five to six-segmented branch of thoracopods. (See also exopod).
(syn. endopodite) [Stachowitsch, 1992] - Inner branch (ramus) of biramous appendage. Forms palp of maxillule and represents main five-segmented branch of thoracopod (maxillipeds and pereopods).
(syn. endopodite) [Stachowitsch, 1992] - Inner branch (ramus) of binamous appendage. Represents only branch or main, typically five-segmented branch (ischium, mercus, carpus, propodus, dactylus) of thoracopod.
(syn. endopodite)
See: Exopod [Stachowitsch, 1992] - Inner branch (ramus) of biramous appendage. Refers to three-segmented part of peduncle of antenna, palp-shaped or more elongate inner branch of mouthparts, inner branch of pleopods and uropods; considered to represent main, basically five-segmented part of pereopod. (paddle-shaped, palp-shaped, pediform).
(syn. endopodite) [Stachowitsch, 1992] - Inner branch (ramus) of biramous appendage. Forms palp in mouthparts (mandibles, maxillules, maxillae, maxillipeds) and represents main five-segmented part of pereopods.
(syn. endopodite)
See: Exopod [Stachowitsch, 1992] - Inner (medial) ramus of an appendage. [Wetzer et al. 1997]
- Inner branch (ramus) of biramous appendage.
(syn. endopodite) [Stachowitsch, 1992] - Inner ramus of a biramous appendage. [Kensley and Schotte, 1989]
- Inner branch (ramus) of biramous appendage. Represents palp of maxillae and maxillules as well as inner branch of maxillipeds, pereopods, and pleopods. Endopod of uropod may bear statocyst.
(syn. endopodite) [Stachowitsch, 1992] - Inner branch (ramus) of biramous appendage. Refers to three-segmented, flagellum-bearing branch of antennae, appendix interna-bearing branch of pleopods, and one-segmented branch of uropods, while it is considered to represent outer branch of last three thoracopods. (See also exopod).
(syn. endopodite) [Stachowitsch, 1992] - (Taxon-specific: Class Secernentea) Inner branch (ramus) of biramous appendage. (simple, two-, three- to four-, five-segmented) (See also exopod).
(syn. endopodite) [Stachowitsch, 1992] - (Taxon-specific: Order Monhysterida) Setose inner branch (ramus) of thoracic appendage (thoracopod). (See also exopod). [Stachowitsch, 1992]
- (Taxon-specific: Order Rhabditida) (Figure only.) [Anderson, 1980]Lepas anatifera: cirrus V; cirrus I, and extended cirral fan. [Anderson, 1980]
- (Taxon-specific: Order Rhabditida) Inner branch (ramus) of thoracic appendage (thoracopod in ascothoracican, cirrus in other cirripeds). (one- to three-jointed, multiarticulate) (See also exopod).
(syn. endopodite) [Stachowitsch, 1992] - (Taxon-specific: Family Cyatholaimidae) A ventral extension of the proximodistal axis of a limb originating on the basis of the protopod and usually segmented. Dorsal setae are absent from endopodal segments except for the penultimate and the antepenultimate segments. An endopodal segment may bear more than one ventral seta. [Ferrari and Dahms, in press]
- (Taxon-specific: Family Cyatholaimidae) Inner branch (ramus) of biramous appendage. Refers to inner, main, or only branch of antenna and maxilliped, as well as to inner branch of mandible, maxillule, and pereopod. (See also exopod).
(syn. endopodite) [Stachowitsch, 1992] - (Taxon-specific: Family Cyatholaimidae) The inner ramus of a biramous appendage. [Boxshall and Halsey, 2004]
- Inner branch of biramous appendage. Refers to four-segmented branch of antenna and mandible of three-segmented branch of maxilliped. Single branch of uniramous appendage (e.g., maxilla) may also be interpreted as representing and endopod. (See also exopod).
(syn. endopodite) [Stachowitsch, 1992] - In distally biramous crustacean limb, the medial ramus.
(syn. endopodite) [Cohen, Peterson, and Maddocks, in press] - Inner branch (ramus) of biramous appendage. Typically forms palp-like structure in mouthparts (e.g., mandible, maxillules) or main component of thoracopods. (See also exopod).
(syn. endopodite) [Stachowitsch, 1992] - Inner or more ventral branch (ramus) of biramous appendage (antennule, antenna, trunk limb).
(syn. endopodite) [Stachowitsch, 1992] - Inner branch (ramus) of biramous appendage. Basically six-segmented in throracopods, consisting of preischium, ischium, merus, carpus, propodus and dactylus. (See also exopod, gonophysis).
(syn. endopodite) [Stachowitsch, 1992] - Inner branch (ramus) of biramous appendage. Represents only branch (flagellum) of antenna, palp of anterior mouthparts, and larger, basically five-segmented ramus (ischium, merus, carpus, propodus, dactylus) of thoracopods. (See also exopod).
(syn. endopodite) [Stachowitsch, 1992] - Inner branch (ramus) of biramous appendage. Represents flagellum-bearing branch of antenna, palp-like branch of maxillules and maxillae, five-segmented main branch of thoracopods, and flattened inner branch of pleopods and uropods.
(syn. endopodite)
See: Exopod [Stachowitsch, 1992]