Definitions
Branchiostegite
- Expanded dorsal and lateral branchial region of carapace. [McLaughlin, 1980]
- Expanded ventro-lateral part of the carapace covering the gills (Fig. 2A). [Perez Farfante and Kensley, 1997]
- Expanded ventrolateral part of carapace covering gills. [Poore, 2004]
- Part of carapace extending over top and side of branchial chamber. [Moore and McCormick, 1969]
- Part of carapace not coalesced ventrally with thoracic somites, but overhanging on each side as covering for gill chamber. [Williams, 1984]
- The anterior and lateral margins of the carapace extending ventrally on either side. [Ingle, 1983]
- (Taxon-specific: Order Decapoda) Lateral or dorsolateral part of carapace extending over gills and forming outer wall of branchial chamber. [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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