Definitions

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• Posterior part of dorsal carapace in shrimplike decapods (limited usage). [McLaughlin, 1980]
• Posterior part of dorsal region of macruran decapod carapace. [Moore and McCormick, 1969]
• Term occasionally applied to posterior part of dorsal region of carapace in shrimp-like (natantian) decapod or to dorsal plate of carapace in crab-like (brachyuran) decapod. [Stachowitsch, 1992]

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