pediform

Definitions

Examples

• The variable first maxillae are seldom pediform, their function being concerned chiefly with nutrition, sensation and respiration.

• Palpi four: anterior pair pediform, cheliform, or unguiculate; posterior pediform.

• The fourth post-oral limb is a lobed plate, usually not distinctly segmented, and the fifth a uniramous pediform leg.

• These, with the main stem more or less pediform, have the epipod and exopod modified for respiratory purposes.

• They are frequently organs of attachment in parasitic Copepoda, and they may be completely pediform in the Ostracoda.