Definitions
Podobranch
- (Figure only.) [Holthuis, 1993]
- A decapod gill attached to the coxa of an appendage; "foot gills." [Brusca and Brusca, 2002]
- A gill borne on the coxa of an appendage. [Hobbs, Hobbs, and Daniel 1977]
- Gill arising from an epipod. [Butler, T. H.]
- Gill arising from coxa of thoracopod.
(syn. podobranchia) [McLaughlin, 1980] - Gill attached to coxa of pereopod or its epipod. [Poore, 2004]
- Gill placed on epipods of thoracopods.
(syn. podobranchia) [Moore and McCormick, 1969] - (Taxon-specific: Order Decapoda) Type of gill attached to first segment (coxa) or on epipod of coxa of thoracopods 2-7 (i.e., if full complement is present, on all thoracopods except first maxilliped and last pereopod).
(syn. podobranchia)
See: Arthrobranch, Pleurobranch [Stachowitsch, 1992] - (Taxon-specific: Order Euphausiacea) Gill. [Stachowitsch, 1992]