Definitions

Phyllobranch

• A type of decapod gill bearing a double series of platelike or leaflike branches from the axis. [Brusca and Brusca, 2002]
• Gill with leaflike filaments.
  (syn. phyllobranchia) [McLaughlin, 1980]
• (Taxon-specific: Order Decapoda) Type of gill whose axis bears series of broad and flattened, leaf-like branches.
  (syn. phyllobranchia)
  See: Dendrobranch, Trichobranch   [Stachowitsch, 1992]

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