Definitions
Stridulating organ
- Sound-producing organ formed by interacting areas of regularly ridged or beaded integument (e.g. paired chelipeds in Strigopagurus or cheliped and carapace in ocypodids). [Poore, 2004]
- Structure in which two parts of exoskeleton are rubbed together in order to produce sound, one part consisting of ridge or tuberculate or cross-ridged surface which is apposed to another part usually having single transverse ridge or tubercle. [Moore and McCormick, 1969]
- Structure producing sound by 2 parts of exoskeleton being rubbed together; surface with ridge or tubercles or cross-ridges surface and opposing surface with single transverse ridge or tubercle. [McLaughlin, 1980]
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Crustacea Glossary. Crustacea Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
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