Chela

Definition

In D.; a microsclere with curved shaft and recurved alae or teeth on each end (e.g., Poecilosclerida); it can be, for example, iso‐, aniso‐, anomo-, biplaco-, canono-, cerci-, dis-, diastropho‐, naviculi‐, placo-, retorto-, sigmoid chela.

Synonyms

Rarely called amphichel or ancora.

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