Crustacea glossary

VENTRAL COMB

ventral comb: translation

(Class Cephalocarida):
Row of setae or bristles on posteroventral margin of last abdominal somite or telson [McLaughlin, 1980].
(Class Cephalocarida):
Transverse series of ventral setae on telson (longer setae) and, in most cephalocarids, on posterior margin of 19thsegment (shorter setae). (on telson: row shorter than ot equal to telson width). (Syn. comb row) [Stachowitsch, 1992].

  1. ventral comb—ventral comb translation ARTHROPODA Crustacea In Cephalocarida a row of setae or bristles on the posteroventral margin of the last abdominal somite....Dictionary of invertebrate zoology