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摘要
For several groups of Crustacea (especially Remipedia, Malacostraca, and Ostracoda) it has been repeatedly suggested that the antennula (first antenna) is serially homologous with the post-antennular limbs, particularly with regard to the existence of an endopodite and an exopodite. This opinion is critically reviewed and, based on arguments derived from comparative morphology, developmental biology, and phylogeny of various groups belonging to the Arthropoda, ultimately refuted. Available evidence indicates that crustacean antennules are primitively single axis limbs and the use of a terminology derived from a biramous limb, as used in some publications, is both unjustified and potentially misleading.
- 出版日期2010
