Definitions

Antennula

• The first paired cephalic appendage. In munnopsids, it consists of a wide, flattened basal segment, two segments of intermediate thickness, and distal annular segments of varying lengths. The most distal segments generally bear aesthetascs.
  (syn. first antenna, antennule) [Wilson, 1989]

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