Definitions

Tubercle

• A small round firm swelling or nodule on the surface of carapace or limbs. [Ingle, 1983]
• Knoblike process; tip usually blunt. [Butler, T. H.]
• Low protuberance on exoskeleton. [Hobbs and Jass, 1988]
• (Taxon-specific: Class Ostracoda) Type of valve sculpture: fairly prominent, rounded projection. Larger than granule, smaller than knob. (simple, multifurcate) (See also eye tubercle, subcentral tubercle). [Stachowitsch, 1992]

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