ctenopod

ctenopod
Appendage (cirrus) usually with long paired setae on segments of lesser curvature and few setae distally on each articulation of greater curvature [McLaughlin, 1980].
In cirripeds, appendage where rami of cirrus have setae arranged in linear series along lesser curvature , like a comb (cf. acanthopod, lasiopod) [Moore and McCormick, 1969].

Crustacea glossary. . 2011.

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