Definitions

Condyle

• A heavily sclerotized projection of the mandible's dorsal surface that articulates with the cephalon in the clypeal fossa. [Wilson, 1989]
• Knob; rounded process at base of central projection of male first pleopod (gonopod); "condyl length" as presented in Tables 4,6,8,10 is measured distance between base of condyl and distal tip of central projection (Fig. 32). [Hobbs and Jass, 1988]

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