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incisor process

  1. Biting portion of gnathal lobe of mandible.
  2. Cutting process on mandible; widely separated from molar or grinding process in some shrimps, e.g., Pandalidae, in close proximity in others, e.g., Oplophoridae.
  3. Cutting process, often toothed or cusped, of the mandible.
  4. Cutting surface (lobe) of mandible (as opposed to molar or grinding lobe) (see Fig. 23h).
  5. The cutting (as opposed to the molar or grinding) lobe of the mandible.
  6. The distal biting part of the mandible that typically bears one or more cusps. On its medial side, it bears the spine row.
  7. The fixed distal 'cutting blade' of the mandible.
  8. Food-gripping process (vs. grinding = molar process) at end of each mandible) Extends into atrium oris under labrum. Variously armed with spines, setae, and denticles.
  9. Distal gripping process (vs. grinding = molar process) of each mandible.
  10. Food-gripping process (vs. grinding = molar process) of each mandible. May be fused with molar process.
  11. Gripping process (vs. grinding = molar process) of each mandible.
  12. Distal, often toothed gripping process (vs. grinding = molar process) of each mandible.
  13. Nomenclature of isopod cephalon (A). Examples of isopod mouth appendages: Idoteidae (B, C, F, H); Cirolanidae (D, E, G, I).
  14. Distal gripping process (vs. grinding = molar process) of each mandible.
  15. Well-developed food-gripping (vs. grinding = molar process) of each mandible; bears single row of teeth and lies over labrum.
  16. Gripping process (vs. grinding = molar process) of each mandible. (simple, with teeth).
  17. Cutting process (vs. grinding = molar process) at tip of each mandible; incisor processes of left and right mandibles are generally asymmetrical, i.e., number (three or four) and shape of large denticles differ.
  18. Distal gripping process (vs. proximal grinding = molar process) of each mandible.
  19. Distal gripping process (vs. grinding = molar process) of each mandible.
  20. Gripping process (vs. grinding = molar process) of each mandible.
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