What's the difference between pleopod and pleopoda?
Pleopod
Definition:
(n.) One of the abdominal legs of a crustacean. See Illust. under Crustacea.
Example Sentences:
(1) C. californiensis, when placed in simulated burrow conditions, regulates the PO2 very loosely in its immediate microhabitat, using its pleopods.
(2) During egg attachment, the pleopods beat vigorously and cause envelope 1 to stretch and form attachment stalks.
(3) Eggs pass over the ventral surface of spawning females to the region of the pleopods, where they stick by means of layer 1A to each other and to the ovigerous setae.
(4) Muscle AEC did not change with molt stage, but levels of ATP (F = 8.050) and ADP (F = 4.130) were significantly higher in premolt (D3 pleopod stage 5.0-5.5) animals; while levels of arginine phosphate (F = 6.981) were significantly higher in post-molt animals.
(5) The rate of urine production, calculated from the half time for the loss of sodium diatriazoate is 11.8 mg in SW and 42.9 mg 24 h-1 100 mg-1 wet weight in 50% SW. 95% of the diffusion fluxes of water take place through the pleopods: their surface is about 62.6 mm2 in a 100 mg weighing animal.
(6) After the egg mass is secured to the ovigerous setae, envelope 1 of both the attachment stalk and egg coat condenses to form a tough material capable of securing the egg mass to the pleopods for intervals up to 16 months.
(7) -- The pleopods of some first and even second or third stage adults retain some setae.
(8) The pleopods of C. californiensis, a potential site for extrabranchial oxygen exchange, do not contribute significantly to oxygen consumption.