Crustacea glossary

PEDIGEROUS

pedigerous: translation

Bearing footlike appendages [McLaughlin, 1980].
(Subclass Copepoda):
With reference to the swimming legs; used of somites bearing swimming legs [Boxshall and Halsey, 2004].

  1. pedigerous—pedigerous translation adj.em [L.em pesem foot gerareem to carry] Bearing footlike appendages....Dictionary of invertebrate zoology