Definitions

Manus

• Another term for chela. [Butler, T. H.]
• Broad proximal part of cheliped propodus (i.e., this propodus minus fixed finger).
  (syn. palm) [Moore and McCormick, 1969]
• Broad proximal part of propodal cheliped.
  (syn. palm) [McLaughlin, 1980]
• (Taxon-specific: Order Decapoda) In pincer (chela), broad proximal part of next to last segment (propodus); movable finger (dactylus) closes on distal extension (fixed finger) of propodus.
  (syn. palm, hand) [Stachowitsch, 1992]

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