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crenate, crenulate

closeup of margin of median lobe of prementum, Chalk-fronted Corporal - Ladona julia Strongylium crenatum Paracyphononyx funereus - Paracyphononyx - male Pterostichus crenicollis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
No Taxon (Glossary)
No Taxon (C)
No Taxon crenate, crenulate
Explanation of Names
From Latin crena, a notch.
Identification
crenate, crenulate, adjective - furnished with small blunt teeth, which take the form of segments of small circles (Jardine). Crenulate refers to smaller, more even, perhaps tooth-like, projections (Gordh and Headrick).
See Also
serrate, serrulate
Print References
Gordh and Headrick, pp. 241-242 (1)
Jardine, entry for crenate, crenulate (2)
Works Cited
1.A Dictionary of Entomology
George Gordh, David H. Headrick. 2003. CABI Publishing.
2.Jardine's Dictionary of Entomology
Contributed by Cotinis on 16 January, 2011 - 10:31am

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