Definitions

Maxillula

• The second mouthpart and fifth cephalic appendage. In the Janiroidea, it consists of two setose lobes: a large outer lobe armed with robust, tooth-like setae; and a smaller inner lobe with only one setae.
  (pl. maxillulae) (syn. maxillule, first maxilla) [Wilson, 1989]
• (Taxon-specific: Class Ostracoda) See Fourth and Fifth limbs.
  (syn. maxilla)
  See: Fourth limb, Fifth limb   [Cohen, Peterson, and Maddocks, in press]

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