Definitions

Urogastric lobe

• A very short transverse area bordering the posterior margin of the metagastric region on the carapace of crabs. [Chace and Hobbs, 1969]
• Posterior division of gastric region of decapod (brachyuran) carapace; sometimes called genital region. [Moore and McCormick, 1969]
• Posteromedian lobe or subregion of gastric region, sometimes called genital region. [Williams, 1984]
• (Taxon-specific: Order Decapoda) See: Carapace regions f   [McLaughlin, 1980]

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