furcal ramus

  • 1furcal ramus — Branch of caudal furca [Moore and McCormick, 1969]. See: caudal ramus [McLaughlin, 1980]. (Order Anostraca): Caudal ramus [Stachowitsch, 1992] …

    Crustacea glossary

  • 2furcal ramus — see caudal ramus …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 3furcal claw — (Order Diplostraca): Caudal ramus [Stachowitsch, 1992]. (Subclass Mystacocarida): Caudal ramus [Stachowitsch, 1992] …

    Crustacea glossary

  • 4caudal ramus — One of paired appendages constituting caudal furca, usually rodlike or bladelike, sometimes filamentous and multiarticular. (Syn. caudal filament, caudal style, cercus, cercopod, furcal ramus, stylet) [McLaughlin, 1980]. Single appendage of… …

    Crustacea glossary

  • 5caudal ramus — pl. rami (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) One of paired appendages, usually rodlike or bladelike, sometimes filamentous and multiarticular just anterior to the anal segment or telson; caudal filaments; caudal style; cercus; cercopod; furcal ramus; stylet …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 6Nerve — A bundle of fibers that uses electrical and chemical signals to transmit sensory and motor information from one body part to another. See nervous system. * * * A whitish cordlike structure composed of one or more bundles (fascicles) of myelinated …

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