Definitions

(Taxon-specific: Order Cladocera) One of two lateral outpocketings of midgut; located in head posterior to border of esophagus and midgut. An additional unpaired cecum may open into posterior end of digestive tract.
(syn. cecum, hepatic cecum, midgut diverticulum) [Stachowitsch, 1992]
(Taxon-specific: Order Diplostraca) One of two lateral outpocketings of midgut near border of esophagus and midgut. Highly branched, with lobe-shaped branches extending ventrally and dorsally and anterior part of head.
(syn. caecum) [Stachowitsch, 1992]
(Taxon-specific: Order Mysida) Dorsal cecum, lateral cecum. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
(Taxon-specific: Subclass Cirripedia) One of up to several pairs of outpocketings of anterior region of midgut.
(syn. digestive gland, gut diverticulum, hepatic cecum) [Stachowitsch, 1992]
(Taxon-specific: Order Thermosbaenacea) Pair of elongate digestive glands opening into digestive tract at border of stomach and midgut. Extends posteriorly to end of abdomen.
(syn. hepatopancreas) [Stachowitsch, 1992]