schizodont hinge

schizodont hinge
(Class Ostracoda):
Entomodont hinge in which the anterior and anteromedian elements are bifid, and the posterior element is bifid or crenulate (Family Schizocytheridae only) [Cohen, Peterson, and Maddocks, in press].

Crustacea glossary. . 2011.

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