Definitions

Linea branchiostegalis

• Longitudinal groove or uncalcified line extending backwards from front margin of carapace slightly above branchiostegal spine and reaching to or beyond hepatic spine (e.g., palaemonid carideans). [Moore and McCormick, 1969]
• Longitudinal groove or uncalcified line extending posteriorly from anterior margin of carapace, slightly above branchiostegal spine, to or slightly beyond hepatic spine in some caridean decapods. [McLaughlin, 1980]
• (Taxon-specific: Order Decapoda) In shrimp-like (natantian) decapod, longitudinal groove or uncalcified line extending from anterior margin of carapace (slightly above branchiostegal spine) to or slightly beyond hepatic spine. [Stachowitsch, 1992]

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