Definitions
Clasper
- Appendage, including antenna, modified for holding female during copulation; or an organ for fixation in parasites. [McLaughlin, 1980]
- Appendage, including antenna, that serves for attachment in copulation or as organ for fixation in parasites. [Moore and McCormick, 1969]
- (Taxon-specific: Order Diplostraca) Modified first and occasionally also second pair of trunk appendages in male; distal endites elongated and hook-like. Serves in grasping female during copulation. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
- (Taxon-specific: Order Anostraca) Term applied to well-developed antennae in male; used to clasp famale during copulation. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
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Crustacea Glossary. Crustacea Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
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