Definitions
Buccal frame
- structure of brachyuran decapods enclosing mouth parts, its sides formed by free anterolateral edges of carapace, its front delimited by epistome, and commonly closed by operculiform third maxillipeds. [Moore and McCormick, 1969]
- (Taxon-specific: Order Decapoda) In crab-like (brachyuran) decapod, well-defined, frame-like depression on underside of head; contains mouthparts (labrum, mandibles, maxillules, maxillae, maxillipeds, labium) and may be covered by expanded (operculiform) maxillipeds. (quadrate, triangular).
See: Endostome [Stachowitsch, 1992] - (Taxon-specific: Infraorder Brachyura) Structural region of cephalon enclosing mouthparts. [McLaughlin, 1980]
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Martin, J.W., N.D. Pentcheff, D. Striley, C. Perrodin, A.R. Wall, J. Wall, and J. Zieba (editors).
Crustacea Glossary. Crustacea Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
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8 Nov 2024. URL: https://research.nhm.org/glossary