- biramous
- Having two branches or rami (exopodite and endopodite) [Holdich and Jones, 1983].Having two branches, a typical condition for most primitive crustacean appendages [Wilson, 1989].Having two branches, as a pleopod [Butler, T.H.].Having two branches, as in the basic appendage (Fig. 2) [Warner, 1977].Having two branches. Crustacean appendage with two rami; also antennule or antenna with two flagellar elements [McLaughlin, 1980].Two-branched; crustacean limb in which basis bears both exopod and endopod [Moore and McCormick, 1969].(Order Isopoda):Composed of two rami or branches [Kensley and Schotte, 1989].(Order Isopoda):Composed of two rami or branches [Wetzer et al. 1997].(Subclass Copepoda):Two-branched, used of limbs possessing both endopod and exopod [Boxshall and Halsey, 2004].
Crustacea glossary. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 2011.