(dorsal) locking folds

(dorsal) locking folds
Paired projections of the male's first pleopod's dorsal cuticle. They form a seat for the medial edge of the second pleopods, allowing both pairs of pleopods to function together during mating or as an operculum [Wilson, 1989].

Crustacea glossary. . 2011.

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