protopod

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^[1], →DOI:

     The protopod and the endopod are of about the same length, while the exopod is slightly longer.