protopod

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English

Etymology

proto- +‎ pod

Noun

protopod (plural protopods)

  1. Synonym of protopodite
    • 2015 December 19, “Naupliar and Metanaupliar Development of Thysanoessa raschii (Malacostraca, Euphausiacea) from Godthåbsfjord, Greenland, with a Reinstatement of the Ancestral Status of the Free-Living Nauplius in Malacostracan Evolution”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      The protopod and the endopod are of about the same length, while the exopod is slightly longer.