Definitions

Knee

• Point of most pronounced flexure of endopod. [Moore and McCormick, 1969]
• (Taxon-specific: Order Mysida) In thoracopod, main bend of inner branch (endopod). Basically located between third and fourth segments (merus and carpus). [Stachowitsch, 1992]
• (Taxon-specific: Class Ostracoda) Joint between segments of appendage at which limb forms an angle (e.g., between protopodite and endopodite of first thoracopod or between coax and basis of antenna). [Stachowitsch, 1992]
• (Taxon-specific: Superorder Syncarida) In thoracopod, main bend of inner branch (endopod). In anaspidacean, located between fourth and fifth segments (carpus and propodus). [Stachowitsch, 1992]

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