Definitions
Mastigobranch
- Slender respiratory at base of epipod.
(syn. mastigobranchia) [McLaughlin, 1980] - Slender respiratory process at base of epipod(ite).
(syn. mastigobranchia (pl., mastigobranchiae)) [Moore and McCormick, 1969] - (Taxon-specific: Order Decapoda) In basal segment (coxa) of thoracic appendage (thoracopod), that part of epipodite which is not modified as gill (podobranch). Projects between gills and serves as both supporting and respiratory structure. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
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Martin, J.W., N.D. Pentcheff, D. Striley, C. Perrodin, A.R. Wall, J. Wall, and J. Zieba (editors).
Crustacea Glossary. Crustacea Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
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