Definitions
Flabellum
- Thin distal exite of branchiopod gnathobase with setose margin. [Moore and McCormick, 1969]
- (Taxon-specific: Class Branchiopoda) Thin distal exite; or epipodite of thoracopod. [McLaughlin, 1980]
- (Taxon-specific: Order Notostraca) Exopod. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
- (Taxon-specific: Order Diplostraca) Term applied to entire outer branch (exopod) of trunk appendage or to dorsally directed part of exopod only. Modified in 9th through 11th appendages into elongate, slender structures for attachment of eggs. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
- (Taxon-specific: Order Cumacea) Flattened lateral branch of maxilla. Considered to represent an exopod. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
- (Taxon-specific: Subclass Branchiura) On first two pairs of thoracic appendages (thoracopods), medially (backwardly) directed projection from base of outer branch (exopod).
(syn. epipod) [Stachowitsch, 1992]