Definitions

Uniramous

• Composed of a single branch. When used in reference to an appendage, it usually implies the loss of the exopod, as in a walking leg. [Warner, 1977]
• Having a single branch (the endopodite) or ramus. [Holdich and Jones, 1983]
• With only a single branch. [Wilson, 1989]
• Having one ramus or branch. [Kensley and Schotte, 1989]
• (Taxon-specific: Family Cyatholaimidae) One-branched; used of limbs possessing only one ramus (either endopod or exopod). [Boxshall and Halsey, 2004]

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