- cuticular organ
- The paired female copulatory organ of Asellota, found either ventrally or on the anterior dorsal margin of pereonite 5 [Wilson, 1989].
Crustacea glossary. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 2011.
cuticular organ
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