Definitions

Metabranchial

• That region of porcellanid (crab) carapace situated below linea anomurica and, therefore, not completely united with main part of carapace.
  (syn. metabranchial region) [Williams, 1984]
• The region on the dorsal surface of the carapace bounded by part of the postero-lateral margin of the carapace and parts of the margins of the epibranchial, cardiac and intestinal regions. [Ingle, 1983]

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