CTENOPOD

Appendage (cirrus) usually with long paired setae on segments of lesser curvature and few setae distally on each articulation of greater curvature [McLaughlin, 1980].

In cirripeds, appendage where rami of cirrus have setae arranged in linear series along lesser curvature , like a comb (cf. acanthopod, lasiopod) [Moore and McCormick, 1969].

n. [Gr. kteis, comb; pous, foot]

(ARTHROPODA: Crustacea)

An appendage (cirrus) of barnacles with long paired setae on segments of lesser curvature and a few setae distally on each articulation of greater curvature; like a comb; see acanthopod, lasiopod.