suction disc

suction disc
(Subclass Branchiura):
Modification of each maxillule in prominent, stalked, discshaped sucker; margins of sucker supported by series of ribs. (Syn. sucking disc, suction cup) [Stachowitsch, 1992].

Crustacea glossary. . 2011.

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