Definitions

Articular membrane

• The uncalcified integument at a joint, permitting movement of the exoskeleton, as between the podomeres of a pereiopod. [Chace and Hobbs, 1969]
• The uncalcified integument, permitting movement of the shell, as between segments of a periopod, or between abdominal somites. [Butler, T. H.]
• Uncalcified integument of a joint, permitting movement of the exoskeleton, as between the segments of a pereopod. [Perez Farfante and Kensley, 1997]

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