Definitions

Epibranchial space

• Part of gill chamber above (external to ) gills. [Moore and McCormick, 1969]
• (Taxon-specific: Order Decapoda) In each branchial chamber in cephalothorax, space above (exterior to) gills, i.e., between gills and lateral wall of carapace.
  See: Hypobranchial space   [Stachowitsch, 1992]

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