Definitions
Stylet
- See: Caudal ramus [Martin, 2005]
- Hollow cuticular structure of the kentrogon larva used for injecting a motile, multicellular, vermiform larval stage (called the vermigon or vermiform instar) into the host. [Brusca and Brusca, 2002]
- See caudal ramus. [McLaughlin, 1980]
- (Taxon-specific: Subclass Cirripedia) In Rhizocephalan, hollow tube used by kentrogon to pierce and enter host. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
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Martin, J.W., N.D. Pentcheff, D. Striley, C. Perrodin, A.R. Wall, J. Wall, and J. Zieba (editors).
Crustacea Glossary. Crustacea Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
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