Meanings
adjectivepostrostral (not comparable)
- not comparableBehind the rostrum
This clade is also supported by the following synapomorphies common for both morpho analyses: (3, 9) laterally compressed and ventrally carinate rostrum, (15) presence of postrostral dorsal carina extending beyond the midlength of carapace.
2015 July 11, “Phylogeny and New Classification of Hydrothermal Vent and Seep Shrimps of the Family Alvinocarididae (Decapoda)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with postrostral
australnostrilrostralbrevirostralinternostrilmarginirostralmesorostralnasorostralplatyrostralserratirostral
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