- mouth cirri
- (Subclass Cirripedia):Cirrus [Stachowitsch, 1992].(Subclass Cirripedia):First pair of cirri considerably modified [McLaughlin, 1980].
Crustacea glossary. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 2011.
mouth cirri
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