ramus

A branch of an appendage, e.g. the exopod or endopod. (Pl. rami) [Perez Farfante and Kensley, 1997].

A branch of an appendage. (Pl. rami) [Wilson, 1989].

Branch of appendage or other structure (e.g., flagellum) [McLaughlin, 1980].

Branch of limb or other appendage (e.g., caudal furca) [Moore and McCormick, 1969].

Branch of limb; endopod is inner branch and exopod is outer branch. (Pl. rami) [Poore, 2004].

(Order Cladocera):

Branch of appendage. Refers either to dorsal and ventral branches of antennae or to inner (endopod) and outer (exopod) branches of trunk appendage [Stachowitsch, 1992].

(Order Diplostraca):

Term applied to either branch (flagellum) of antenna [Stachowitsch, 1992].

(Order Decapoda):

Branch of an appendage, typically referring to inner (endopod) and outer (exopod) branches of biramous appendage [Stachowitsch, 1992].

(Order Amphipoda):

Branch of appendage. Typically refers to inner (endopod) and outer (exopod) branches of biramous appendage (e.g., pleopods, uropods). (one-articulate, multiarticulate) [Stachowitsch, 1992].

(Order Isopoda):

Branch of an appendage [Kensley and Schotte, 1989].

(Order Isopoda):

Branch of appendage; typically refers to inner (endopod) and outer (exopod) branches of biramous appendage (e.g., pleopods, uropods) [Stachowitsch, 1992].

(Order Leptostraca):

Branch of appendage; typically refers to inner (endopod) and outer (exopod) branches of biramous appendage. (lamellar = plate-like, flagelliform) [Stachowitsch, 1992].

(Subclass Cirripedia):

Branch of appendage, typically referring to inner (endopod) and outer (exopod) branches of thoracic appendage (thoracopods in ascothoracican, cirri in other cirripeds). (See also caudal ramus) [Stachowitsch, 1992].

(Subclass Copepoda):

A branch of an appendage; the exopod or endopod [Boxshall and Halsey, 2004].

(Subclass Copepoda):

A group of serially repeated segment elements along a proximodistal axis and originating on the basis; the exopod and the endopod are rami. (Pl. rami) [Ferrari and Dahms, in press].

(Class Ostracoda):

Branch of an appendage, typically referring to inner branch (endopod) or outer branch (exopod) of biramous appendage (e.g., antenna, mandible, maxillule, pereopod) [Stachowitsch, 1992].

(Class Remipedia):

Branch of an appendage, typically referring to inner (endopod) and outer (exopod) branch of trunk appendage, antennule, or antenna. (See also caudal ramus) [Stachowitsch, 1992].

(Order Euphausiacea):

Branch of appendage; typically refers to inner (endopod) or outer (exopod) branch of biramous appendage [Stachowitsch, 1992].