- gymnoplean
- (Subclass Copepoda):Used ot the body plan in which the prosome-urosome boundary lies posterior to the fifth pedigerous somite [Boxshall and Halsey, 2004].
Crustacea glossary. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 2011.
gymnoplean
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podopleans — (Subclass Copepoda): Copepods on which the major body articulation of the adult is between the fifth and the sixth thoraic somites; often there is a significant difference in size between these two somites (see also thaumatopsylloid and… … Crustacea glossary
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thaumatopsylloid — (Subclass Copepoda): Copepods for which there is a significant difference in size between the fourth and the fifth thoracic somites of the adult (see also podoplean and gymnoplean) [Ferrari and Dahms, in press] … Crustacea glossary
