Definitions

Diacresis

• Transverse groove on posterior of exopod (rarely also endopod) of uropod appendage, in some forms dividing exopod into 2 movably connected parts. [Moore and McCormick, 1969]
• Transverse groove on posterior part of exopod (also rarely of endopod) of uropod; sometimes dividing exopod into 2 movable parts. [McLaughlin, 1980]

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