Relating to or describing an endopodite or the inner branch of a crustacean's two-branched limb.
From endopodite + -ic (adjective suffix). A specialized anatomical descriptor in carcinology and invertebrate zoology.
Endopoditic structures reveal how crustaceans adapted to different lifestyles—filter-feeding barnacles have feathery endopoditic appendages, while predatory mantis shrimp have them modified into powerful raptorial claws.
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