podomere

podomere
A segment of a crustacean appendage [Wilson, 1989].
A segment of an appendage joined to the body or to adjacent podomeres by joints and capable of independent movement [Warner, 1977].
Any one of the segments of an appendage, such as a segment of a pereiopod or maxilliped [Chace and Hobbs, 1969].
Any one of the segments of an appendage, such as a segment of a pereopod or maxilliped [Perez Farfante and Kensley, 1997].
Individual segment of limb; not. (Syn. joint) [Moore and McCormick, 1969].
See: segment [McLaughlin, 1980].
Single segment of any appendage [Hobbs and Jass, 1988].
Term used by some authors for segment of an appendage, such as merus of a pereiopod [Butler, T.H.].
(Order Decapoda):
Segment [Stachowitsch, 1992].
(Class Ostracoda):
Segment of jointed crustacean limb separated from other segments by articulated joint or inflexible suture. (Syn. article) [Cohen, Peterson, and Maddocks, in press].
(Class Ostracoda):
Segment [Stachowitsch, 1992].

Crustacea glossary. . 2011.

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