Crustacea glossary. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 2011.
carpocerite — n. [L. carpus, wrist; Gr. keras, horn] (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) The distal segment (5th) of the antennal peduncle … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
merocerite — noun A segment of the antenna of a crustacean between the ischiocerite and the carpocerite … Wiktionary
basicerite — Second or distal segment of the protopodite of antenna, to which are attached the scale and peduncle [Butler, T.H.]. Second segment of antennal peduncle (in Caridea bearing scaphocerite) [Moore and McCormick, 1969]. Second segment of antennal… … Crustacea glossary
ischiocerite — Third segment of antennal peduncle [Moore and McCormick, 1969]. Thrid segment of antennal peduncle [McLaughlin, 1980]. (Order Decapoda): In antenna, term applied to first of three segments (ischiocerite, merocerite, carpocerite) of inner branch… … Crustacea glossary
merocerite — (Order Decapoda): In antenna, term applied to second of three segments (ischiocerite, merocerite, carpocerite) of outer branch (endopod); alternate interpretation: fourth segment of peduncle [Stachowitsch, 1992] … Crustacea glossary
