Definitions

Spinule

• Small, or secondary spine; may be shorter or longer than spine, but usually more flexible. [Butler, T. H.]
• (Taxon-specific: Order Cladocera) Small spine along dorsal margin of carapace or along vertex. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
• (Taxon-specific: Subclass Copepoda) Spiniform epicuticular ornamentation element, without tissue connection through integument. [Boxshall and Halsey, 2004]

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