Definitions

Anterolateral tooth

• On carapace of crab-like (brachyuran) decapod, one (or one in a series of) projection(s) along each anterolateral margin. (acute, conical, obtuse, quadrangular, spiniform, subtriangular; ciliated, denticulate, spiny; tip: acuminate, rounded). [Stachowitsch, 1992]

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