Definition & Meaning | English word ANTENNULES

Definitions of ANTENNULES

1. plural of antennule.

Examples of Using ANTENNULES in a Sentence

• The morphotypes refer to the size and curve of the antennules of the organism, as well as the size of the mucrones.
• The first pair (the antennules) are biramous, with the two flagella of similar size, one of 65 segments, and one of 50 segments; the second pair are uniramous and much thicker and longer than the first pair, reaching twice the length of the carapace.
• The male has enlarged aesthetes (found on the antennules), which are likely used for chemoreception.
• Hymenocarines are characterized by the combination of following characters: bivalved, convex carapace covering cephalothoracic region; cephalothorax bearing multisegmented antennules and rounded mandibles, alongside post-maxillular limbs with spiny, subdivided basis and endopods with well-developed terminal claws; absence of appendages between antennules and mandibles; median sclerite and lobate protrusions located between compound eyes; posterior tagma (abdomen) with ring-like segments and terminated by a pair of well-developed caudal rami.

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