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uniramous

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uniramous [ˌjuːnɪˈreɪməs]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (esp of the appendages of crustaceans) consisting of a single branch; undivided Also uniramose [ˌjuːnɪˈreɪməʊs -ræˈməʊs]
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Sex was determined by the presence of biramous pleopods in females and uniramous pleopods in males (Morgan 1980).
Population assessment of the pacific green spiny lobster Panulirus ... by Guzman, Hector M.; Cipriani, Roberto; Vega, Angel J.; Lopez, Melina; Mair, James M. / Journal of Shellfish Research
First pleopods uniramous, barely reaching caudal margin of annulus when abdomen flexed.
Orconectes (Procericambarus) theaphionensis (Decapoda: Cambaridae), ... by Morris, Charles C. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
On the other hand, sicyoniids possess morphologic characters that otherwise are unique to Penaeoidea: a single pleurobranchia on the fifth pereiopod, uniramous third to fifth pleopods, lack of exopods in all pereiopods, closed petasma with distal, sclerotized projections, without true spermatopores, and thelycum with lanceolate median plate.
Molecular phylogeny of Superfamily Penaeoidea Rafinesque-Schmaltz, ... by Laclette, Juan P. / Journal of Shellfish Research
 
 
 
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