Definitions

Basicerite

• Second or distal segment of the protopodite of antenna, to which are attached the scale and peduncle. [Butler, T. H.]
• Second segment of antennal peduncle (in Caridea bearing scaphocerite). [Moore and McCormick, 1969]
• Second segment of antennal peduncle, bearing scaphocerite (Caridea). [McLaughlin, 1980]
• Spine on dorsal side of basis of antenna; sometimes more lateral than dorsal. [Martin, 2005]
• (Taxon-specific: Order Decapoda) In antenna, term applied to second of two segments (coxicerite, basicerite) of peduncle; may bear antennal scale (scaphocerite).
  See: Carpocerite, Ischiocerite, Merocerite   [Stachowitsch, 1992]

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