setule

setule
A spine on a seta [Wilson, 1989].
An extension of the shaft of a seta, usually of uniform width from base to tip, and forming an articulated or flexible junction with the shaft [Watling, 1989].
(Class Cephalocarida):
One of numerous minute projections of seta. May also refer to any small setae, e.g., those forming comb on 19th abdominal somite [Stachowitsch, 1992].
(Subclass Copepoda):
A solid extension of the epicuticle of a seta (see denticle and seta) [Ferrari and Dahms, in press].
(Subclass Copepoda):
Setiform epicuticular ornamentation element, without tissue connection through integument [Boxshall and Halsey, 2004].
(Class Ostracoda):
One in a series of minute secondary projections on seta. (flexible, suctorial, tooth-like) [Stachowitsch, 1992].

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