incudateadj.
/ˈɪnkjuːdeɪt//ɪnˈkjuːdət/ In rotifers, designating a type of mastax in which the mallei are reduced or absent and the rami enlarged and curved.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Rotifera > [adjective] > of type of mouth part
incudate1886
1886 C. T. Hudson & P. H. Gosse Rotifera I. iii. 29 The typical trophi may, then, be named as follows..Incudate. Mallei evanescent; rami highly developed into a curved forceps.
1896 M. Hartog in Cambr. Nat. Hist. II. viii. 211 In Asplanchnidæ the rami are large and hooked, constituting the ‘incudate’ mastax.
1967 P. A. Meglitsch Invertebr. Zool. viii. 263 (caption) Lateral and dorsal views of incudate trophi.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
<
adj.1886