Definitions

Mucro

• Spine on inferoposteal angle of carapace in some Cladocera.
  (pl. mucrones) [Moore and McCormick, 1969]
• Spine on inferoposteal angle of carapace in some cladocera.
  (pl. mucrones) [McLaughlin, 1980]
• (Taxon-specific: ) Sharp point at lower posterior end of carapace. (in immature forms: with minute dorsal notches, with minute ventral notches). [Stachowitsch, 1992]

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