Definitions

Dendrobranch

• A type of decapod gill bearing two principal branches off the main axis, each of which is divided into multiple secondary branches. [Brusca and Brusca, 2002]
• Type of gill having tubes divided into arborescent bundles. [Moore and McCormick, 1969]
• Type of gill with lamellae divided into arborescent bundles. [McLaughlin, 1980]
• Type of gill whose axis bears series of highly subdivided branches.
  See: Phyllobranch, Trichobranch   [Stachowitsch, 1992]

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