antennule

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an·ten·nule

 (ăn-tĕn′yo͞ol)
n. Zoology
A small antenna or similar organ, especially one of the first pair of small antennae on the head of a crustacean.
[French, diminutive of antenne, antenna, from Medieval Latin antenna, sail yard; see antenna.]
an·ten′nu·lar adj.
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antennule

(ænˈtɛnjuːl)
n
(Zoology) one of a pair of small mobile appendages on the heads of crustaceans in front of the antennae, usually having a sensory function
[C19: from French, diminutive of antenna]
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an•ten•nule

(ænˈtɛn yul)

n.
a small antenna, esp. one of the foremost pair of a crustacean.
[1835–45]
an•ten′nu•lar, an•ten′nu•lar′y, adj.
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The main taxonomic characters used to identify monstrilloids include their body shape and proportions, the antennule length, the presence and development of the eyes, the position of the oral papilla, and the number of caudal setae, this last being one of the genus-defining features (Suarez-Morales 2011, 2015).
Monstrilloid Copepods: the Best of Three Worlds
1B), 2) fourth segment of female antennule less than twice as long as wide (Fig.
Notas sobre Halicyclops (Copepoda, Cyclopoida, Cyclopidae) de Colombia y el Caribe occidental: un nuevo registro con una clave para las especies del Grupo "B" sensu Rocha (1991)
lividus References Cuesta & Shubart (1999) Carapace RDL (mm) 0.75 [+ or -] 0.03 CW (mm) 0.32 [+ or -] 0.01 CL (mm) 0.42 [+ or -] 0.02 Antennule 2A, 1S Antenna Small spines in protopod 6-7 Maxilliped 1 Coxa (S) nd Telson Outer spines 3 Pleon Dorsolateral processes (P) 2-4 G.
Description of the first zoeal stage of Geograpsus crinipes (Dana, 1851) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Grapsidae) from the Red Sea
The antennule, antenna, maxillule, mandible, maxilla, maxilliped, and first leg were at the cephalothorax.
The life cycle of the parasitic crustacean, Lernanthropus latis yamaguti, 1954 (Copepoda: Lernanthropidae), on marine-cultured fish, Lates calcarifer, from Setiu Wetland, Terengganu
The antennule is considered the organ most specialized for chemosensory detection and plays a leading role in tracking odor plumes [60] and individual recognition [61].
Sensory systems and environmental change on behavior during social interactions
dubia in characters related to antennule length compared to body length, but mainly to the shape and relative size of the genital double somite and other urosomal somites.
Two new species of Monstrillopsis Sars (Crustacea: Copepoda: Monstrilloida) from the White Sea and Norway, with comments on M. dubia Scott
Olfactory responses of lobsters (Homarus americanus) to solutions from prey species and to seawater extracts and chemical fractions of fish muscle and effects of antennule ablation.
PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS ON ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES: A FIELD TEST OF ODOR-MEDIATED FORAGING
Sensory papilla of antennule with nine aesthetascs, one of them larger, seven more subequal and one smaller.
Alona pectinata (Crustacea: Anomopoda; Chydoridae), a new freshwater cladoceran from Southeast Mexico
Morphometrics.--Eight characters (body length, body width, eye diameter, rostrum width, length of flagellum on antennule, length of flagellum on antenna, length of last peduncular article on antenna, and length of uropodal exopod) were measured on an approximately equal number of males and females in each of the two sampled years; sample sizes ranged from 10 to 34 per beach (Lessios et al.
Genetic and morphological divergence among morphotypes of the isopod Excirolana on the two sides of the Isthmus of Panama
ae: antennule; aa: antenna; ma: maxilla; md: maxilliped; me: maxillule; os: oral sucker; ro: rostrum; (D) Adult male, dorsal view.
Planktonic Phases in Symbiotic Copepods: a Review
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