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exopodite
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exopodite [ek′säp·ə‚dīt]
(invertebrate zoology)
The outer branch of a biramous crustacean appendage.


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1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 Maxillipeds Pereopod Thoracic Somite Appendages 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 Pleurobranchs - - - + + + + + Arthrobranchs - - - 1 1 1 1 - Podobranchs - r - - - - - - Epipods + + + - - - - - Exopods + * - - - - - - - Setobranchs - - - - - - - - TABLE 2.
Newly released larvae appeared to have undeveloped maxillipeds--the exopods were lacking setae--but showed the characteristic ornamentation of the zoea I (see below).
The family Sicyoniidae is morphologically peculiar in having the following features: (1) prosartema absent, (2) exopods absent from second and third maxillipeds, (3) pleopods with one ramus only, and (4) pleurobranchiae absent from fourth to sixth thoracic somites.
 
 
 
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