podopleans

podopleans
(Subclass Copepoda):
Copepods on which the major body articulation of the adult is between the fifth and the sixth thoraic somites; often there is a significant difference in size between these two somites (see also thaumatopsylloid and gymnoplean) [Ferrari and Dahms, in press].

Crustacea glossary. . 2011.

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